Do you support the right to protest? Our military fights for the freedom to do that and they support it. Do you? Why?

I submit the basis of your question is not really valid.

The US military has "fought for our freedoms" only 3 or 4 times in our history.

1) The Revolutionary War

2) The War of 1812

3) The US Civil War

4) World War II

4a) The Korean Conflict (arguably necessary to establish the limits of conventional war in the nuclear age)

All other US military actions have been examples of aiding allies, humanitarian help, or (most commonly) geopolitical maneuvering/empire maintanence.

Other than the small segment of US armed forces who work in strategic nuclear deterrence, the US military is largely irrelevant to protecting the freedom to protest. One could even argue that the US military (by giving some of its unneeded equipment to civilian police forces) is a negative force which inhibits protest.

I do believe we have the right to protest things we feel are unjust. What we don't have is the right to trample on anyone else's rights while we protest. That is to say, no blocking highways, roads, bridges, etc., no preventing people from entering of leaving a building, store, job and no rioting, looting, burning of any kind.

Thank you for your reply OS.

Thank you for your reply Spunky. Remember "everything is fair in love and war?" That piece of crap is what drives folks to do terrible things to other folks. The anti-abortion folks who murder doctors and blow up planned parenthood clinics think they are justified. They murder t o stop murder. How logical! Thank you for your reply! :)

You're welcome, Rosie.  Hope you have a wonderful and safe holiday weekend.

Which military? The only difference between the army and the police is that it's against the law to use the army to enforce domestic laws. Any protest and the cops show up wearing ARMOR! Face it: you have no rights in this country. You only think you have rights because the pigs are still trying to be sorta nice, but you can tell it takes some effort.

Sans the attempts at shaming, which I abhore, I do support the right to protest. I do not recognize it as without consequence. People may protest, other people may challenge them on it or even disassociate themselves with the protesters, that too is their right.

You are senselessly beating on a dead horse.

Yes, that Kaepernick fellow has every right to sit, kneel, lie down. or moon the flag during the National Anthem. He has every right to wear those stupid socks with the cartoon pigs in police hats. What is better, the league that employs him has no problem with his doing so.

Want to know what else? If he wants to inject his politics into the game, then I have every right to refuse to watch his team's games, and therefore to refuse to watch the advertising plugs of its sponsors. THAT is the choice that the libs are so hysterically unable to tolerate.

Thank you for your answer FNR and Happy  Tuesday! :)