As a lifelong advocate for the First Amendment this is an extremely difficult question for me. However, throughout my lifetime the freedom I seemed to be least involved in was Freedom of Assembly. I believe everyone deserves the chance to air their grievances, it is their right, after all. However, I feel there are much more tactful ways to go about it.
Who gives their full respect to someone standing outside their offices with picket signs and chanting elementary rhymes all day? What if I was upset with my recent dentistry bill and I stood outside of my dentist’s office rhyming and raging? That would make me look just silly. I would much rather someone write their grievances down in the form of a petition to pass it on to me.
Out of all of the freedoms, this is one I could live my whole life without exercising and I feel the country would not be at too much of a loss without it, either. We have so many other means of expressing concerns that this will be hardly missed.
Yours Truly,
Warren Burger