"We are never going to survive unless we get a little crazy."
-Seale
I just walked across the Princeton University campus in the bitter cold and I passed by the famous statue of John Witherspoon ((February 5, 1723 – November 15, 1794), who was a Scots Presbyterian minister and a signatory of the Declaration of Independence.
I stood there transfixed for a moment before this statute and thought about the greatness of American history and the quintessential value of the freedom of speech and how many Americans and especially conservatives have lost touch with this freedom that is safeguarded for us in the Bill of Rights which says in the First Amendment:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
I have got a little crazy on this blog in the last few months to make a point. We have the right to freedom of speech even if your Baptist minister or whoever tells you otherwise. I believe in American values and we have a right to dissent and speak our mind, even if the whole world is against us.
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