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Sounds like "Progressives" are either terrified of Freedom or have no idea what it means
Sounds like "Progressives" are either terrified of Freedom or have no idea what it means
On the individual level, liberty is scary. I can fail, I can be hurt, it is unpredictable. It's just easier to let someone take the reins and make life smooth sailing.
Now couple that thought process with people who think the individual is too stupid or dangerous to be allowed liberty and who do anything for power...
Fom. ree? The people who live behind bars on their windows and doors, who can't go out after dark aren't exactly free. Business people aren't free to do business as they choose. The country is under constant surveillance. That's not freedom. We have hate crimes and hush crimes.
This country is less free today than at any time in our history.
Free compared to what? Free compared to Darfur or North Korea? Yes.
Free compared to Finland, Sweden or the Netherlands? We are on equal par but they have a higher standard of living.
Within our own country we are freer now than in the 19th century because we allowed slavery of blacks, women were not allowed to own property or vote and we had no child labor laws. So kids, women and blacks were not free then but they are now with the abolishment of slavery, the enforcement of child labor laws and women's rights. So as a nation are freer now than in previous times.
Been to Sweden have we?
Switzerland, Netherlands, Germany, Italy, the U.K., France, Japan, Peru, Chile, Canada and the Baja in Mexico to name a few.
And if you ask THOSE people in those countries above if they think America is free they would qualify their answer by saying that we are shackled by our health care system because they do not lose their home in the event of a catastrophic illness or have to file bankruptcy.
Freedom is a relative term depending on what you have or don't have as infrastructure within your society.
Try winning an election 
Is America Still a "Free Country"
What a ridiculous question.
Not only is America a free country, but all Americans enjoy greater freedom today than at any time in this great Nations history.
Theres more work to do, of course, as we strive to overcome the fear and ignorance of conservative reactionaries; but the best America is yet to come.
Gay Americans are at last realizing most of their freedoms, save that of equal access to marriage law but that will come in time as well.
And transgender Americans are starting their struggle to realize their right to individual liberty.
But as American society continues to grow more diverse and inclusive, every citizen will at last enjoy the freedom and liberty that are indeed his civil rights.
At the moment that I am forced to pay taxes that are spent to support one that is taking benefit via welfare, I am no longer free.
When my tax dollars are extracted from me then spent on one that does not contribute I have become a slave to the government. It is not my responsibility to pay for the feeding, housing or medical insurance of one that fails to provide for them self. Slavery is the act of forcing one person to provide for the needs of another. That is exactly what is happening to me. My civil rights are being taken by those that demand that I provide for those that fail to provide for themselves.
They teach it in Gubmint schools...GOVERNMENT is all powerful...and you OWE your lives to it...Liberals prefer to have a master to take care of them.
They teach it in Gubmint schools...GOVERNMENT is all powerful...and you OWE your lives to it...Liberals prefer to have a master to take care of them.
LIEGE, a. [L. ligo, to bind; Gr. to bind, to bend; a withe.]
1. Bound by a feudal tenure; obliged to be faithful and loyal to a superior, as a vassal liege-man
LIE'GE-MAN, n. A vassal; a subject.
Is America Still a "Free Country"
Poll to follow
Where do Rights come from?
Who has the Power to effect them, rightly or wrongly?
Is America Still a "Free Country"
Poll to follow
Is America Still a "Free Country"
Poll to follow
Where do Rights come from?
Who has the Power to effect them, rightly or wrongly?
What a ridiculous question.
Not only is America a free country, but all Americans enjoy greater freedom today than at any time in this great Nations history.
Theres more work to do, of course, as we strive to overcome the fear and ignorance of conservative reactionaries; but the best America is yet to come.
Gay Americans are at last realizing most of their freedoms, save that of equal access to marriage law but that will come in time as well.
And transgender Americans are starting their struggle to realize their right to individual liberty.
But as American society continues to grow more diverse and inclusive, every citizen will at last enjoy the freedom and liberty that are indeed his civil rights.
At the moment that I am forced to pay taxes that are spent to support one that is taking benefit via welfare, I am no longer free.
When my tax dollars are extracted from me then spent on one that does not contribute I have become a slave to the government. It is not my responsibility to pay for the feeding, housing or medical insurance of one that fails to provide for them self. Slavery is the act of forcing one person to provide for the needs of another. That is exactly what is happening to me. My civil rights are being taken by those that demand that I provide for those that fail to provide for themselves.
You are a slave then to private insurance and hospitals when people use the er and dont pay.
Or you know your not a slave and you can shut up.
Only ONE problem with this? WE aren't a Democracy...we are a Constitutional Republic, and Democracy portends 'mob rule'. Change that word Mr. Carter...and I am onboard.Free compared to what? Free compared to Darfur or North Korea? Yes.
Free compared to Finland, Sweden or the Netherlands? We are on equal par but they have a higher standard of living.
Within our own country we are freer now than in the 19th century because we allowed slavery of blacks, women were not allowed to own property or vote and we had no child labor laws. So kids, women and blacks were not free then but they are now with the abolishment of slavery, the enforcement of child labor laws and women's rights. So as a nation are freer now than in previous times.
Jimmy Carter is a democrat and he has stated quite clearly that we no longer have a functioning democracy. But he's just the little old man with the big enough balls to call bullshit on this whole affair. What other living ex-pres has the stones to do that. And if you disagree with JC on that, well then your just fucking wrong.
Is America Still a "Free Country"
Poll to follow
Look on the brighter side. Imagining the NSA is really paying attention to you is probably your greatest fantasy.
(They probably aren't.)
Is America Still a "Free Country"
Poll to follow
Where do Rights come from?
Who has the Power to effect them, rightly or wrongly?
To paraphrase George Carlin...
There are no "rights".
There are the privilages that society agrees you should have, even if begrudgingly.
It can't be a right if it can be taken away. Anyone who thinks he has rights needs to look up "Japanese Americans- 1942."
WE aren't a Democracy...we are a Constitutional Republic, and Democracy portends 'mob rule'. Change that word Mr. Carter...and I am onboard.
