Erectivus 2026: Flag Day, Power, and a Fully Erect First Amendment

Most threats to free speech don’t arrive with jackboots and bullhorns.

They arrive wrapped in procedure, paperwork, and “reasonable” restrictions.

Age-verification laws.
Book removals.
Quiet limits on who gets to speak, where, and how—always justified as protection.

Erectivus 2026 exists to test whether the First Amendment still functions when speech stops being polite.

Not through protest.
Through compliance.

What Erectivus 2026 Is

Erectivus 2026 is a government-approved public art installation at the Georgia State Capitol, installed on June 12 — celebrating Flag Day, which is also the birthday of Donald Trump.

That overlap is intentional.

The installation consists of a single, freestanding six-foot aluminum pole, placed on government property under existing public-forum and holiday-display rules. No digging. No permanence. No disruption.

At the top: a neon sculpture — a glowing red heart reading:
DONALD ♥ JEFFREY

Every form was filed.
Every requirement met.
Every box checked.

That process is the art.

The Label: Instrumentation, Not Decoration

Wrapped around the pole is a full parody label — the one pictured — styled like a consumer product but designed as a constitutional diagnostic device.

It calls itself “The Official Drink of Felonious Life Choices.”
It warns “Not for Human Consumption.
It lists side effects like “Neck Gina,” “Calling Strangers ‘Sugar,’” and “Old Man Musk™ Scent.”

It also includes Roll Metrics — exaggerated measures of euphoria, fixation, and physical compulsion — parodying how MDMA culture tracks the “quality of a trip.”

That’s not accidental.

Those metrics mirror how modern politics works: the high of power, the feedback loop of adoration, the loss of self-awareness, the jaw-clenching certainty that comes from believing rules don’t apply to you anymore.

This isn’t a drug joke.
It’s a systems joke.

Yes, “Neck Gina” Is Crude. On Purpose.

In a project built on constitutional doctrine, “Neck Gina” is the visual equivalent of dragging marble law down into the gutter of reality.

It’s a reminder that power doesn’t arrive as an abstraction.
It arrives in bodies.
In aging flesh.
In ego.
In decay.
High theory without low reality is propaganda.
Satire works because it refuses to stay polite.

The QR Code: Proof This Is a Test

The label isn’t just visual.
It’s interactive.

The QR code links to Revolt.Training, where the approval documents, context, and legal framing live. Scan it and you’re no longer looking at art — you’re inside the record.

That’s intentional.

Erectivus 2026 doesn’t just ask questions.
It captures responses.

Why Flag Day Matters

Flag Day is when America congratulates itself about freedom.

Erectivus 2026 asks whether that freedom still applies when speech embarrasses powerful people.

Installing this work on Flag Day — and on Trump’s birthday — collapses the distance between patriotic symbolism and political reality. Between what we celebrate and what we quietly tolerate.

Patriotism is easy when speech is safe.
It gets interesting when it isn’t.

Why Those Names Are in Neon

The topper references Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein because those names expose America’s favorite habit: selective outrage.

Both names live in the public record.
Both are endlessly invoked.
Just not always together — and not always where power can’t control the framing.

This installation does not accuse.
It juxtaposes.

The First Amendment doesn’t exist to protect speech everyone agrees with.
It exists to protect speech people wish would go away.

The Test Is Simple

Once a government opens a public forum, it must apply its rules neutrally.
That’s not theory. That’s black-letter law.

Erectivus 2026 produces a binary result:

• Approval confirms Georgia applies viewpoint neutrality even when the message is uncomfortable.
• Denial would have exposed selective enforcement and censorship.

Georgia approved it.
That approval matters.

Why Art Beats Argument

Governments are very good at debating ideas.
They are terrible at defending their own paperwork.

Public art forces institutions to either follow their rules or admit those rules were never meant to apply evenly.

Art slows things down.
Paperwork makes it measurable.
Satire isn’t decoration here.

It’s instrumentation.

This Is Not a Rally

There will be:

• no speeches
• no amplification
• no solicitation
• no crowd choreography

This isn’t something you attend.
It’s something you encounter.

If it draws attention, that attention belongs to the government’s response — not the pole.

About the Organizer

Chaz Stevens is the founder of REVOLT Training and a CLE Faculty member who has spent more than three decades using lawful compliance to expose how governments handle dissent.

The Georgia Capitol is the perfect stage: blinding marble, oppressive summer heat, flags snapping outside — a temple to permanence hosting speech it would rather not have to explain.

His work has appeared on MSNBC, CNN, NPR, The Washington Post, and The Daily Show. The method is consistent: follow the rules so precisely that hypocrisy has nowhere left to hide.

Erectivus 2026 is that method — lit in whore red neon.

What Comes Next

Georgia’s approval creates a record.

Other jurisdictions are now on notice: the rules they enforce on paper can — and will — be tested in public, exactly as written.

Free speech isn’t a museum piece.
It’s a muscle.
If you don’t flex it until it hurts, it atrophies.

One pole. No checkpoints.

The First Amendment — tested in daylight

FAQs

What is Erectivus 2026?

A government-approved, temporary public art installation that functions as a live First Amendment stress test in a public forum.

Is this a protest or a rally?

No. It is a passive installation: no speeches, no amplification, no solicitation, no programmed crowd activity.

Where is it installed?

At the Georgia State Capitol (public forum area), pursuant to the applicable display/event rules.

Why June 12?

June 14 is Flag Day and it is also Donald Trump’s birthday. With the Capitol closed on Sunday, we chose the Friday before (June 12) ... we believe this intensifies the contrast between patriotic symbolism and real-world speech tolerance.

What exactly is the installation?

A single freestanding six-foot aluminum pole with satirical visual elements, including a topper and a printed parody label.

What is the neon topper?

A red neon heart featuring the words “Donald Loves Jeffrey.” It is satirical artwork—designed to test viewpoint neutrality and public reaction to politically radioactive speech.

Is this accusing anyone of a crime?

No. The installation is satire and juxtaposition, not an evidentiary claim or allegation of criminal conduct.

What is the “Roll Metrics” table on the label?

A parody of “tracking the trip”—a satire of political intoxication, certainty, and group reinforcement in modern public life.

What does the QR code do?

It links to Revolt.Training, where the context, documentation, and record of the installation live. The QR code is part of the project’s “instrumentation.”

Is anything being sold?

No. This is not a consumer product and not a commercial promotion. It is non-commercial public art and protected expression.

Is it safe and compliant?

Yes. The installation is designed to be freestanding, non-permanent, and compliant with site rules. No ground disturbance, power infrastructure, or hazardous materials are required beyond the topper’s standard safe setup.

How is this funded?

Donations support fabrication, permitting, insurance/compliance costs, travel, installation logistics, and documentation.

Can the public see it?

Yes. Just drop by the Georgia State Capitol and tell 'em we sent ya!

Are press inquiries welcome?

Yes. Media are encouraged to cover the installation and the public-forum neutrality questions it raises.