Our constitution gives us all the right to peacefully assemble and petition our government. However, we do not have the right to shut down commerce without due process..We do not have the right to destroy public or private property as a form of protest..We have the right to use our public parks and streets to voice our political beliefs. We do not have the right to render public places unusable by the rest of society who pay for their upkeep..
I saw an interview with a protester who claimed to be a spokesman for BAMN ( by any means necessary). She believed that any form of protest no matter how violent and destructive is justified to bring about the destruction of capitalism and to usher in socialism.. I know it is a tired cliche, but anarchy really is the cruelest form of tyranny..No one has any rights or protection..The end justifies the means mentality made the last century the most violent and oppressive in human history..It ushered in the era of Hitler and Stalin..There is a difference between principled protest that can bring about productive change, and lawless revolution..
I, like many of the protesters believe there is too much outside lobbied monetary influence (corporate and otherwise). It corrupts the decisions many of our politicians make..I do not believe that tearing everything down and disregarding the property and civil rights of others is a wise or effective form of change..We need principled people who will use principled methods to bring about peaceful change..The ( by any means necessary) attitude will bring about only misery and poverty, violence and tyranny..
Wesley Jones
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