From a lefty I know..."Yeah, it's murder, but that's okay as long as I view the victim as an inconvenience."
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I disagree.
These things are done to maintain the authority of the state, which is based on moral principals enshrined in the Constitution. It may be a bit pedantic but I think it's an important distinction.
While it's acceptable to question, protest, and even disobey laws and still be a loyal citizen, opposing the Constitution is treason. While laws are dynamic, the Constitution is not (or at least shouldn't be).
The reason for this is that governments should never be the arbiters of the Constitution, that's for the courts to do in order to ensure a division of power so that special interest groups can't arbitrarily change everything.
You might think this is unimportant, but take a look at a country with no Constitutional authority, like Canada, to see the difference.
What is the third branch of government?
Opposing the Constitution is not treason. The Constitution is a well written document, but it is nevertheless just the current governing document of the USA. It was not the first, and there's nothing inherent to it that makes it the last one either. Waging war against the USA by a citizen is treason. There's nothing treasonous about, for example, arguing against the Constitution in favor of returning to the Articles of Confederation.