None Dare Call It Sedition

[marmar]

from ourfuture.org:



None Dare Call It Sedition
By Sara Robinson

April 5, 2010 - 12:13pm ET


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Sedition: Crime of creating a revolt, disturbance, or violence against lawful civil authority with the intent to cause its overthrow or destruction
-- Brittanica Concise Dictionary


Well, finally. It's high time somebody had the guts to say the S-word -- sedition -- right out loud.

When the indictments against the Hutaree were unsealed last week, the S-word was right there, front and center, in Count One. The Justice Department accused them of "seditious conspiracy," charging that the defendants "did knowingly conspire, confederate, and agree with each other and other persons known and unknown...to levy war against the United States, and to prevent, hinder, and delay by force the execution of any United States law."

This is very serious stuff. But the Hutaree are getting nailed for sedition only because they crossed the line with inches to spare. They're by no means the only ones. Advocating, encouraging, and sanctioning sedition is the new norm on the conservative side.

We saw it again last Thursday, when the Guardians of the Free Republics -- a Sovereign Citizen group that believes that the oath of office taken by state governors is invalid under their twisted Bizarroland interpretation of the Constitution -- sent letters to most or all sitting state governors telling them to either a) take what they consider to be a legitimate oath of office; b) stand down; or c) or be removed "non-violently" within three days. The FBI, rightly, regards this as a potentially seditious threat against the governors. ..........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2010041405/none-dare-call-it-sedition

[GoCubsGo]

1. K & R

Hope we hear more using the word, but I am not going to hold my breath on that.

[nickinSTL]

2. and is there a law against inciting?

because there are a lot of rightwingers right now who should be charged with inciting sedition, IMO.

[conscious evolution]

3. K&R