"Who is Seditious?"

Several months ago, I wrote a blog concerning Glenn Beck and some accusations that he was seditious in his monologues to the American people. I believe it was from a news person on CNN; you can check my older blogs to get the individual's name. Sedition is a very serious charge toward any individual, it carries serious penalties. Sedition advocates the violent overthrow of our government through incitement and surreptitious methods. Our government is designed through our Constitution to be changed through peaceful legislation. There is no valid reason to select violence to change our government, unless it tries to rest our Constitutional rights through force of rule and arms and have eliminated our Constitutional rule of law. When a person petitions for citizenship, they must swear that "they don't intend to overthrow the government through force or violence"; probably a good thing to swear about. People have come to this country for over 200 years because they have the right to voice their opinions without consequences. Every college campus is filled with young people who voice their opinions on a daily basis; I know because I live in a university town. I have heard every side of every issue discussed in stores and restaurants all over town. I believe in the free exchange of ideas; this makes America great. Educated exchanges benefit all involved. They must be peaceful, and they must reflect the peaceful change our founding fathers advocated. Sedition is not an option!

Francis Fox Pivens is a radical philosopher from the 1960s. Every person from my generation knows what that time was like. Viet Nam was a cutting issue, especially among the youth of the day. Mao was espoused by several "voices of the people" who advocated the overthrow of traditional America by the use of force. I believe our President exercised unusual restraint during those tumultuous days. Obviously, bomb throwers were pursued by the law enforcement agencies. Little was done to pursue those who advocated the violent overthrow of the United States by the use of force through their speech. First amendment rights are our most precious, and should be guarded. Ms. Pivens uses her 1st amendment with words like these,"..jobless should rise up in a violent show of solidarity...", "So where are the angry crowds..", "protesters need TARGETS..", this is the advocating of violence (Beck has never done this). Hudson Institute senior fellow, Ron Radosh said, "..she is calling for the chaos and violence engulfing Europe..", we all know what is happening in Greece and Europe today; America doesn't need this behavior here. Pivens' socialist revolutionary spoutings are now becoming standard reading across America with very little criticism from the media. Oddly, Beck, Limbaugh. Hannity and other conservatives are continually called to task for their critiques of the government; yet they never advocate its violent overthrow. Our Congress and our President must recognize who the real villain is in our national forum. We need to recognize sedition and shine a light on it; rioting and incitement are not to be an option to any group. Remember peaceful change!