Definition of treason?

Submitted by Patricia Kelcher (United States), Mar 4, 2005 at 12:15

It seems that in school we were taught that it was treason to advocate the violent overthrow of the government? Am I mistaken? And we also learned about sedition, which I believe means stirring up a rebellion against the government. At what point do these radical teachers cross this line?

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