*re-reads definition*
Okay, I'm sorry, I just can't see that sentence being used to clamp down on civil disobedience, EVEN IF IT WERE IN A BILL THAT COULD BE USED TO PUNISH ANYONE. You may vote for bills before you vote against them (in Senate procedures with which most people would be unfamiliar), but you don't say "idealogically-based violence includes non-violent protest."
Anyway, since nobody has attempted to define speech as a part of force, you should be fine. Your entire fuss is because of somebody complaining about an "ambiguity" so weak that it would require someone to stand up and say "idealogically-based violence includes non-violent protest," and is in a bill only authorizing study of something. If it bothers you so much, call your senator and ask it to be changed to "violence or violent acts" rather than "force or violence" because that's clearly the bill's intent, what with statements like the following within the bill's text:
Okay, I'm sorry, I just can't see that sentence being used to clamp down on civil disobedience, EVEN IF IT WERE IN A BILL THAT COULD BE USED TO PUNISH ANYONE. You may vote for bills before you vote against them (in Senate procedures with which most people would be unfamiliar), but you don't say "idealogically-based violence includes non-violent protest."
Anyway, since nobody has attempted to define speech as a part of force, you should be fine. Your entire fuss is because of somebody complaining about an "ambiguity" so weak that it would require someone to stand up and say "idealogically-based violence includes non-violent protest," and is in a bill only authorizing study of something. If it bothers you so much, call your senator and ask it to be changed to "violence or violent acts" rather than "force or violence" because that's clearly the bill's intent, what with statements like the following within the bill's text:
Any measure taken to prevent violent radicalization, homegrown terrorism, and ideologically based violence and homegrown terrorism in the United States should not violate the constitutional rights, civil rights, or civil liberties of United States citizens or lawful permanent residents.