Slava wrote:Political protest, irrespective of when and where has been a constitutional right in every democracy and that's the great thing about America or any other democratically governed nation. I'm pretty sure she voted about it but her desire to express her beliefs doesn't stop every 4 years until the next election cycle.
Bigger protest... Don't wear the uniform.
Aside from that, I'm fairly certain political protest isn't a 'Constitutional Right' in every democracy... But that's splitting hairs...
If you're profiting from the very thing you're protesting, you protest is tainted and hypocritical...
And here's the thing about the great rights of a democratic state... There always there, but we don't always see them or acknowledge them...
Things like the The USA olympic teams or the US Soccer teams, on a macro scale... Or the Pledge of allegiance and National Anthem, on a micro scale...
Represent one of the few times we come together in unity as a nation and express our admiration for those rights... So when you stage your protest in those arenas... You take a knee during the Pledge, or you protest in the uniform of a team representing this country on a world stage... You're not only protesting the country, but also the very right to protest, you're expressing...
If you were a thinking mammal, you'd protest the other 99.995% of the time be stand up the tallest and sing loudest during the pledge or the Anthem... Because that's when we come together, across racial, cultural, political, socioeconomic, or sexual identity bounds, and acknowledge the fact that while it isn't perfect... It's not free from problems or strife... It is at least a nation that allows us to express our displeasure with those things.
Protesting the flag or the national anthem/pledge just seems wrong-headed to me... Like hating dinner but protesting the Chocolate Cake...
Never have rice at Hanzo's house...