I’m a bit puzzled by reactions to Saturday’s marches and protests. Is freedom of expression not guaranteed to us by the Bill of Rights? Men and women have fought and died for the right to protest.

Our nation began with a series of protests such as the Stamp Act Congress, the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, the First Continental Congress, etc. Some of those protests involved illegal activities but have been considered as part of the lead-in to the American Revolution. Protests against slavery and the inability of women to vote have happened since the USA came into being. In more recent memory there were the protests against the Vietnam War that led our government to reverse course.

One of the recurrent memes on Facebook is that this protest was just whining, since no one’s rights have been compromised. To those that feel this way, maybe they don’t remember the Tea Party protests of 2009-10 – none of those participating had been harmed by the policies of President Obama, yet they felt it was appropriate to be marching and making noise about their concerns.

I personally think we can be big enough to allow others to express their feelings because there may be a time when we will want to express our own. What do you think?

I’m a bit puzzled by reactions to Saturday’s marches and protests. Is freedom of expression not guaranteed to us by the Bill of Rights? Men and women have fought and died for the right to protest.

Our nation began with a series of protests such as the Stamp Act Congress, the Boston Massacre, the Boston Tea Party, the First Continental Congress, etc. Some of those protests involved illegal activities but have been considered as part of the lead-in to the American Revolution. Protests against slavery and the inability of women to vote have happened since the USA came into being. In more recent memory there were the protests against the Vietnam War that led our government to reverse course.

One of the recurrent memes on Facebook is that this protest was just whining, since no one’s rights have been compromised. To those that feel this way, maybe they don’t remember the Tea Party protests of 2009-10 – none of those participating had been harmed by the policies of President Obama, yet they felt it was appropriate to be marching and making noise about their concerns.

I personally think we can be big enough to allow others to express their feelings because there may be a time when we will want to express our own. What do you think?

A slight correction – Bill Clinton was impeached for perjury regarding that consensual sex. Fooling around in the White House is not an impeachable offense, lying about it is.

Even the military have rules about escalating the situation.

I remember when Bill Cosby lectured African-Americans. Now isn’t he a great role model.

To be fair to Hannity. He was born too late to be drafted into the military. Just because he didn’t volunteer should not be the basis of negative comments.

The precursor to ISIS did not begin during Clinton’s time as Secretary of State – it was actually in the 2004-2006 time frame. Bill, as usual, doesn’t have his facts straight or chooses to ignore them.