Indeed. Kung Fu Monkey gets it:
Dissent. Dissent dissent dissent. Dissent is why people died for you. Dissent is your birthright. Dissent when a Republican is President. Dissent when a Democrat is President. Dissent when your party is out of power, dissent when they are in. Your alliance is to the Constitution, not a party. You are a citizen of a nation of laws, not loyalties.
There is no wrong time for dissent — good policy or truth is never harmed by having a greater light turned upon it. A war plan that can’t survive pointed questions can hardly stand up against cunning enemies.
Remember why treason is the only crime specifically described in the Constitution — because the Founding Fathers knew that charge would be the first out of the bag when the Powerful became uneasy, and they wanted to make sure it couldn’t be abused. The Founding Fathers knew the first ones to call treason are the bastards.
Never, ever forget that.
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