• NeilBru@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    Depends.

    Protected by the first amendment, one can legally advocate for the dissolution of the Union through bicameral ratification outlined constitutionally. To advocate for armed insurrection or violent overthrow of the federal government is sedition and considered quite illegal.

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      Is it really illegal if the law isn’t enforced? Is anything a Republican does illegal anymore?

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        39 minutes ago

        I’ve always loved this quote about conservatism:

        Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition: there must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.

        • Francis M. Wilhoit