The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Gil Scott-Heron was wrong.
The revolution will not only be televised,.…it will be live-streamed.
“When in the course of Human Events…a decent respect to the opinions of
mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the
separation.” After that declaration it may be necessary to “take arms against a sea of troubles”. However once you make that declaration or take
up arms against a government, if you lose, you should expect to be punished by
that government. The Founding Fathers
knew this. That is why John Hancock so famously
signed the Declaration of Independence in a large signature so that “ King
George could
read it without his spectacles”. It
is thus hypocritical for those who participated in the insurrection against the
government at the Capitol Riot on January 6th to now claim that they
were only exercising their First Amendment Rights bestowed by that government.
No one should expect to be an officer of the government against which
one has rebelled. The Fourteenth
Amendment makes it clear that this incudes those whom “shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the
same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof". That Amendment does allow mercy to those if
two-thirds of the Congress agree. But
this remedy only includes the ability to be an officer of the government, it
does not extend to criminal penalties due to those persons. It is wonderful that so many of the Capitol
rioters live streamed or posted images of their rebellion It makes it so much easier to determine their
guilt.
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