[Taxman]

My point is that if a person is not part of the solution, they are part of the problem.

And the solution involves actively supporting and working for those candidates who will ". . . support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic" and voting.

Further, if all a person does is sit around and bitch (i.e., a "keyboard kowboy"), and doesn't get involved in the action and passion of their time, then that person really doesn't have a lot of credibility, and will not garner much respect in the political arena when it is learned that he/she sat out the election.

IOW, that person can certainly exercise his/her First Amendment Rights, but no one will listen.

We have an election coming up in November. Get involved between now and then, and above all else, vote!

[philman_36]

And the solution involves actively supporting and working for those candidates who will ". . . support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic" and voting.
As soon as a candidate like that comes up I'll do just that. They also have to tell me to my face what type of government we are. They've all failed so far.
I don't think I'll be voting any time soon.

Further, if all a person does is sit around and bitch (i.e., a "keyboard kowboy"), and doesn't get involved in the action and passion of their time, then that person really doesn't have a lot of credibility, and will not garner much respect in the political arena when it is learned that he/she sat out the election.
Frankly, I'm not looking for credibility or respect in any "political arena". Jesus himself gave no respect to person (a person held in high esteem by others) so I wnat and give none either. Further, that is your opinion, unless you speak for everybody.
And I have done more than "sit around and bitch" which, in the end, didn't do a bit of good anyway so my time was wasted on an effort that, unbeknownst to me, was failed from the outset.

Why Civilian Control of the Military?
Ike, a graduate of West Point, had never voted. People did not know his party affiliation. He turned down Truman's offer, but in 1952 did run for president -- as a Republican.
ZACHARY TAYLOR
A career soldier who never voted, he served fewer than 500 days in the WHITE HOUSE.
The Brethren, Inside the Supreme Court
John Marshall Harlan, the "unflappable" Eisenhower conservative, who was the court's scholar. To avoid appearances of endorsing any executive branch action, he never voted and never applauded at the president's state of the union address.

I'm not even going to bother any more. Your argument has holes all in it!