Let Me Explain Something to You, Donny Boy, Rioting is not Protesting
Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart The First Amendment was considered critical to the establishment of a country founded on freedom and basic human rights. It is the foundation for a Democratic Republic which encourages input by all of its people. Before Thomas Jefferson and James Madison wrote the First Amendment, he considered four precepts critical to freedom for all. 1. Freedom of conscience is an unalienable right because people can only think for themselves. 2. Free speech makes representatives accountable to We the People. 3. Free speech is necessary for the discovery of truth and the rejection of falsehood. 4. Free speech allows the public discussion necessary for democratic self-government. To refresh your memory, read our Founding Father’s final draft. [Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Gov