Silencing Dissent

Americans have been among the freest people in the world. We have a right to petition our government. We have a right to be critical of our government at every level. 

We can even be angry at our government.  We’re allowed to join with other angry people to form organizations and protest against our government. 

We can hold rallies and write letters. We run ads in the media. Anyone can run for public office, seeking to defeat an officeholder he doesn’t like. 

That’s the American way.

But something very disturbing is happening. There are forces in America today trying to erode those liberties, trying to silence dissent. When we’re angry and speak up, those forces tell us that our defense of our rights may cause someone else to engage in violence against government officials.

For example, when concerned parents learned that our schools were calling their children “racists,” they were justifiably outraged. But when they went to school board meetings to complain about it, the attorney general and the FBI labeled these angry moms and dads “domestic terrorists” in an obscene attempt to silence them.

When parents go to school board meetings, they are under no constitutional requirement to be “nice.” Some of the greatest speeches in American history were delivered by angry patriots with raised voices! 

When conservative Christians defend traditional marriage or the idea that there are only two genders, we’re accused of being “homophobic” or “transphobic.” When conservatives concerned about election integrity advocate for voter ID laws, they’re called “racists.” 

These smears are meant to silence dissent from the left’s insanity.

Now we’re seeing this tactic being used against those critical of the FBI’s raid on former President Donald Trump’s home.

Obviously up to no good, some idiot tried to enter an FBI office yesterday. But he was solely responsible for his actions. In no way should his unlawful activity be used to silence other Americans who are critical of the FBI’s corruption.

We must not allow anyone to intimidate us!

We must not allow anyone to tell us that we cannot speak up, that we cannot criticize, that we cannot confront and that we cannot unelect anyone we believe is jeopardizing our God-given rights.

Be bold, my friends. The defense of liberty demands it!