Dissent is patriotic
The following is an excerpt from a letter by Janine Maria Allwine explaining why she will not pay a fine for exercising her right to free speech. In my book, this is the definition of patriotism.
“Judge King, this is just a hint of how I feel and how committed I am to what I am doing. If the First Amendment to the Constitution does not mean what it says, then what are we? The police actions on 9/26/06 were designed to do nothing more than prevent us from doing the very thing this country came into existence for — to protect the people from tyrants and to guarantee the right of people like myself to speak out against them when we see them.
And I do see them — they are in the highest levels of our government and I will continue to speak out against them. It is my right as an American. You, more than most, must know that our precious civil liberties, those rights that make us different from any other country, have been cast aside by those currently in power. It is my right, it is my duty to do everything I can to prevent these dangerous, America-hating, greedy corporate shills from wreaking any more havoc on this country and the rest of the world. I will never be silent again. I will never be still again.
I respectfully decline to pay the fine.”
Read the complete letter here.
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