! > I do not believe that freedom of speech in the U.S.A. extends to actively ! > agitating for secession or the overthrow of the federal government. ! ! The right to discuss revolt or secession or the overthrow of the federal ! government, it seems to me, is given below: ! ! "We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created ! equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable ! Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of ! Happiness - That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted ! among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the ! Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of ! these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, ! and to institute new Government, laying its Foundation on such ! Principles, and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall ! seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. ... " ! ! Now this is the Declaration of Independence, and not the Constitution, but ! it seems to me that the right to discuss "agitating for secession or the ! overthrow of the federal government" is protected. Correct, if government is not protecting our rights as a people, we are responsible for forcing the government to do so, even if that means changing of the guard, ie, successful radicalism.