>>Don't pick "rise in arms," pick "refuse allegiance to" or "resist" with sneaky methods to goad citizens down a path concocted by a shrouded few. Yuck. I'm happy with the term I used.
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>IMO a major flaw in the US system is that the head of state is a political role that leads to the idea that opposition to the govt in hand is refusing allegiance or unpatriotic.

Except for absolute monarchies, dictatorships and theocracies - what head of state is not a political role?