[stcredzero]

The same things that are "wrong" with donating money to the "wrong" PAC. Nothing. People should be praised for peacefully taking part in one of the longest standing and most successful democratic republics in history.

It's people who try to gain acceptance of violence in US politics who should be condemned. It's people who try and strip away freedom of speech and assembly from others who should be condemned.

[harryh]

It's people who try and strip away freedom of speech and assembly from others who should be condemned.

Like Donald Trump's harsh criticism of protesting NFL players or his near constant denigration of the free press?

What about the people that helped elect this obviously unfit leader? There are plenty of ways to peacefully participate in democracy that I have no problem declaring "wrong."

[stcredzero]

Like Donald Trump's harsh criticism of protesting NFL players

The whole point of free speech is to be able to express. The current president has always erred on the side of expressing too much, and I'd say that we'd be better off without most of his tweets, or him in office. However, none of that is opposing free speech.

or his near constant denigration of the free press?

The mainstream news media in its death throes is objectively bad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qmiPWgCYb4

https://www.theknifemedia.com/

There are plenty of ways to peacefully participate in democracy that I have no problem declaring "wrong."

That sounds pretty authoritarian. The whole point of freedom is that we are able to be right or wrong. It's our choice. That's "the consent of the governed." Do I wish the election had gone differently? Yes. But simpleminded vilifying of almost 1/2 of the country isn't a constructive approach.

[rayiner]

Using your platform as POTUS to criticize people for exercising their free speech is quite a bit different from simply expressing your own contrary opinion.