Book of Mormon Reading:

This morning I was reading in Helaman, chapter 8:

1 And now it came to pass that when Nephi had said these words, behold, there were men who were judges, who also belonged to the secret band of Gadianton, and they were angry, and they cried out against him, saying unto the people: Why do ye not seize upon this man and bring him forth, that he may be condemned according to the crime which he has done?
2 Why seest thou this man, and hearest him revile against this people and against our law?

I immediately began to think of those "judges" (media pundits, et al) who point the finger at those who speak out against wickedness in government. Even members of the church sometimes get caught up in the "anti-American" name calling, not necessarily defining as criminal, but occasionally mocking with the term "conspiracy nuts." Unfortunately, decay is usually manifest by the corruption of moral law, in the case of the United States that would be the Constitution. Helaman continues:

3 For behold, Nephi had spoken unto them concerning the corruptness of their law . . .
4 And those judges were angry with him because he spake plainly unto them concerning their secret works of darkness . . .
5 Therefore they did cry unto the people, saying: Why do you suffer this man to revile against us? For behold he doth condemn all this people, even unto destruction;

As the established gangs of Gadianton that control our congress grow more powerful, their attempts to silence critics will increase. Let's not help them by fearing to speak out.