Some southerners threatened to secede over California's application for statehood during the middle of the 19th century because California would enter the US as a free state.
This means the state would not have slavery. Along with this, it would mean that there would be more representatives in Congress (aka the House of Representatives and the Senate) that are free states than slave states. This situation puts the southerners at risk, as the free states could make laws that would get rid of the institution of slavery. At this time, almost the entire south's economy depended on slavery.
Acts of free speech pose critical questions that we as a society need to debate and discuss and address. The protests are meant to make the nation better by raising difficult issues and striving toward solutions.
Unpatriotic acts attack the fabric of the nation and the ties that bind us together. They don't aim at improving us as a society so much as they tear down institutions and relationships that we share.
Greece was the modern country that was a part of the Persian empire.
