If neither dominant party represents you, consider the Libertarian Party.

Protest / Amendment I

"Congress shall make no law respecting (1) an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; (2) abridging the freedom of speech, (3) or the press, (4) or the right of the people to peaceably assemble, (5) and to petition the Gov't for a redress of grievances."    – Amendment I

Since May 2020 "protests" have become common. Those contrary to the spirit of the specific "protest" call them a riot or an insurrection. If an assembly is peaceful and crime–free it is a protest. If there is physical conflict, injury, or property damage it is a riot.

Crimes must yield damages to the injured party. We are a nation of laws, NOT a nation of men.

The classification of insurrection found in Amendment XIV Section 4 is a clear reference to southern combatants in the War Between the States. In § 2 the word rebellion is used, NOT insurrection (check it out, page 14). If we are to again engage in a "civil" war the use of the term insurrection would be appropriate … for the general movement. Short of a civil war, using the term insurrection is hyperbole, unnecessarily inflammatory, and inaccurate.
And we all know, definitions matter.

Does freedom of speech (2) include:

Emotionally charged or hateful words?		Yes, but it shows a lack of character.
Assault or battery?		NO. Assault and battery are crimes.
Arson?		NO. Arson is a crime.
Property damage?		NO. Property damage is a crime.

Does the right to peaceably assemble (4) include:

Emotionally charged or hateful words?		Yes, but it shows a lack of character.
Assault or battery?		NO. Assault and battery are crimes.
Arson?		NO. Arson is a crime.
Property damage?		NO. Property damage is a crime.

Does the right to petition the Gov't for a redress of grievances (5) include:

Emotionally charged or hateful words?		Yes, but it shows a lack of character.
Assault or battery?		NO. Assault and battery are crimes.
Arson?		NO. Arson is a crime.
Property damage?		NO. Property damage is a crime.

The Real Source of Discord

The invectives (hate speech?) hurled at Presidents Trump and Biden are purely political. The two dominant parties inflame our passions … unnecessarily. We voters should focus our disgust on both the D party machine and the R party machine. They both manufacture distrust and hatred. Neither President, 45 or 46, are evil incarnate; their political parties are.

George Washington warned us of political parties (factions) in his Farewell Address (1796).

The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual; and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty.

We The People should resist this spirit of faction. We should protest both dominant political parties.

I am your protest vote.

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Added April '24
Web Author - Mike Kolls