se·di·tion [ se dísh'n ]

[Not Me]

se·di·tion < sə dísh'n >


noun
Definition:

rebellion or incitement: actions or words intended to provoke or incite rebellion against government authority, or actual rebellion against government authority

[annabanana]

1. yup

incitement to riot. . . .

[elleng]

5. +

intended to provoke or incite rebellion against government authority, or actual rebellion against government authority

[proud patriot]

2. hmm , good word

:hi:

[Davis_X_Machina]

3. Better stick to actions...

...because so far as I know, Brandenburg v. Ohio is still good law on speech.

...the constitutional guarantees of free speech and free press do not permit a State to forbid or proscribe advocacy of the use of force or of law violation except where such advocacy is directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action.

The three-part test in Brandenburg -- intent, imminence, and likelihood -- is hard to pass, and for a good reason.

[elleng]

8. You are correct,

and sedition is NOT the same thing as dissent.

p.s., funny you should mention 'brandenburg,' as that's my 'stranged husband's last name, and just having a disagreement with him!!! And of course he's from ohio!

[timeforpeace]

4. They call it dissent and somehow think that's some kind of patriotism thingie.

[Davis_X_Machina]

6. Because it is. n/t

[elleng]

7. Dissent is NOT the same thing as sedition.

Sedition INCLUDES intention to provoke or incite rebellion against government authority, or actual rebellion against government authority.

[Retired AF Dem]

9. I agree with Hillary

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJxmpTMGhU0

We are Americans, we all have the freedom of speech.

[gordianot]

10. Watch Glen Beck and the managerie of talking heads on Fox news if you can stand it.

They flirt with sedition and almost make it. When Beck speaks of "cells" and Hannity takes a poll regarding revolution and succession it is getting close to sedition. Easy to forget just a few years ago people were being arrested for wearing anti Bush T-shirts.

[saltpoint]

11. For you History readers, Benjamin Franklin's family story is

interesting against the backdrop of sedition.

Franklin is interesting anyway, for that matter. Smart and ornery.