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'''Patriotic dissent''' is the idea that a [[citizen]] of a [[democracy]] has the right & the [[duty]] to not "follow the crowd" on matters political, but rather to stand up and try to do what's best for the country, even if it's unpopular, difficult, or labeled "unpatriotic."
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'''Patriotic dissent''' is the idea that a [[citizen]] of a [[democracy]] has the right and the [[duty]] to not follow the crowd on matters political, but rather to stand up and try to do what's best for the country, even if it's unpopular, difficult, or labeled "unpatriotic."
    
[[Election|Elections]] give every American citizen the chance to either support the current government, or register their own patriotic dissent by suggesting another path for America.
 
[[Election|Elections]] give every American citizen the chance to either support the current government, or register their own patriotic dissent by suggesting another path for America.
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The majority party in elections often tries to label dissenters as unpatriotic, but this goes against the grand tradition of American political involvement, except in the case of the current administration.
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The majority party in elections often tries to label dissenters as unpatriotic, but this goes against the grand tradition of American political involvement.
    
==Examples==
 
==Examples==
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