I know I’m a little late to the game for commenting. It, however, seems to me that there exists a massive blurring of the line between politically protected speech (that may involve a certain degree of civil disobedience) and outright disregard of the law. My perception is that those in authority are so afraid of standing up for the rule…
I know I’m a little late to the game for commenting. It, however, seems to me that there exists a massive blurring of the line between politically protected speech (that may involve a certain degree of civil disobedience) and outright disregard of the law. My perception is that those in authority are so afraid of standing up for the rule of law that any action that *may* qualify as political speech gets a pass. These leads us all down a degraded social order. Theoretical republics place the greatest amounts of liberty in the hands of the individual. Our collective lack of education and hyper-focus on democracy leads us to blindness to its shortfalls that include group think, mob justice, and extreme intolerance.
I know I’m a little late to the game for commenting. It, however, seems to me that there exists a massive blurring of the line between politically protected speech (that may involve a certain degree of civil disobedience) and outright disregard of the law. My perception is that those in authority are so afraid of standing up for the rule of law that any action that *may* qualify as political speech gets a pass. These leads us all down a degraded social order. Theoretical republics place the greatest amounts of liberty in the hands of the individual. Our collective lack of education and hyper-focus on democracy leads us to blindness to its shortfalls that include group think, mob justice, and extreme intolerance.