What can be more fascist than colleges and universities and media outlets mimicking true fascism by ruining the careers of dissenters, penalizing dissenting students, not hiring dissenting voices, rescinding speaking invitations to dissenters, shouting down dissenting voices, etc.? Dissent is the Highest Form of Patriotism - Ron Sparks Ron Sparks is a technology professional, an auhor, a poet, and a philosopher. Let me conclude with having you ponder a 250-year-old question. google_color_url = "008000"; But even his Monticello estate has concluded that: "To date we have found no evidence that he said or wrote this.". 11 May 1967, Syracuse (NY) Herald-Journal, No Harm in War Dissent by Michael Marien, pg. For you see, dissent in the mind of the liberal is only patriotic when that dissent is directed at anything other than compliance with their vision and agenda. From the American Revolution to the Battle for Seattle, from Shays Rebellion to the Stonewall uprising, from Thomas Paine to Martin Luther King, from the Uncle Toms Cabin to Black Lives Matter, from Helen Kellers opposition to the First World War to Mohammad Alis draft resistance, from the Muckracker journalists of the early 20th century who criticized capitalist greed to Daniel Ellsberg who leaked the Pentagon Papers: dissent is perhaps the most important American tradition. TAPES: We Investigated a Suburban LGBTQ Pedophile Ring. You can stand up for protect those who are least able to protect themselves.