This is progressive Conservatism in action, a traditional suspicion of state power combined with a clear grasp of the modern world producing the right approach, and the right plan of action to increase personal freedomandpolitical accountability, restore trust, and help bring about the new politics we need so badly.
"Our most fundamental right in this country is the right to vote and the right to participate in the political process, " said Austin Nimocks of the Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian advocacy group.
It denigrates both the struggle of people who live under true political oppression, and democratic institutions like the right to assembly andfreedom of expression, to treat these forms of protest as equivalent.