You’re assuming intent that isn’t supported by either the words used or the legal standard.
Saying “follow lawful orders and refuse unlawful ones” is not sedition… it is literally what every service member is taught from day one under UCMJ, LOAC, and ROE. That guidance exists precisely because unlawful orders can occur, regardless of who the POTUS is, and recognizing that fact is not an accusation, it’s doctrine.
Sedition requires an overt act or conspiracy to undermine lawful authority, not an inference, a “subtext,” or disagreement with political leadership. Courts don’t prosecute vibes or hypotheticals.
Labeling retirees as “enemy combatants” for political speech is far more dangerous than the video itself. That logic abandons due process, ignores settled military law, and is exactly how precedent gets abused.
You’re free to dislike the message like I do, but calling this sedition requires ignoring both the facts and the law and that should concern anyone who actually values the Constitution we all swore to uphold.
You’re assuming intent that isn’t supported by either the words used or the legal standard.
Saying “follow lawful orders and refuse unlawful ones” is not sedition… it is literally what every service member is taught from day one under UCMJ, LOAC, and ROE. That guidance exists precisely because unlawful orders can occur, regardless of who the POTUS is, and recognizing that fact is not an accusation, it’s doctrine.
Sedition requires an overt act or conspiracy to undermine lawful authority, not an inference, a “subtext,” or disagreement with political leadership. Courts don’t prosecute vibes or hypotheticals.
Labeling retirees as “enemy combatants” for political speech is far more dangerous than the video itself. That logic abandons due process, ignores settled military law, and is exactly how precedent gets abused.
You’re free to dislike the message like I do, but calling this sedition requires ignoring both the facts and the law and that should concern anyone who actually values the Constitution we all swore to uphold.
There was an overt act.
A video with the unrest of sowing division by DOMESTIC ENEMIES who happen to be former military.
I’m done with this conversation, you keep saying the same thing, and so do I. We disagree.