Dissent

I was watching a program on Link TV earlier... I wish I could remember the name of it because I thought it was a good one. Its topic was about dissent and losing our first amendment rights, showing several examples of people being arrested and/or recieving poor treatment for peaceful protests. It makes me so angry to think that our country is losing what our forefathers fought so hard for. As the program stated, dissent was a key factor in forming this country and is still a key factor for running it. The Government is supposed to run the country, but its up to citizens to help keep it in line and defend our rights as citizens of the United States. One way we are supposed to do this is by having our say in what goes on. However, if we as Americans, allow ourselves to be so intimidated that we lose our first amendment rights, in my opinion that would only be a gateway to allow the government to take away more and more of our freedoms until we have none.



Thank you for putting up with my rant... lol. Sometimes I can't help but feel upset when I see what is going on with this country and when I see things like this I start to feel less and less like I can do anything about it. Its wrong to feel that way though. We have to keep pushing buttons. We have to keep asking questions. We have to keep peaceful protesting in order to defend what we believe in. Even here at home we have to defend our freedom. Not from foreign countries, but from our own government! I thought freedom was what this country was all about? It seems like we could end up losing everything we stand for...that is, if we haven't begun to all ready. I don't know about you, but I love my country too much to let that happen.