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‘Freedom’ now deemed a white supremacist notion
American Thinker ^ | 21 Feb, 2022 | Eric Utter

Posted on 02/21/2022 4:01:03 AM PST by MtnClimber

It has come to this. As George Orwell knew it could. Freedom is fascist. Freedom is slavery.

Taylor Dysart, a doctoral candidate at Penn, authored a column in which she claimed that the Canadian truckers’ Freedom Convoy “has surprised onlookers in the United States and Canada,” in large part “because the action seems to violate norms of Canadian ‘politeness.’“ She then opined, “But the convoy represents the extension of a strain of Canadian history that has long masked itself behind ‘peacefulness’ or ‘unity’: settler colonialism.” Huh?

Sadly, she wasn’t done. She stated, “The history of Canadian settler colonialism and public health demonstrates how both overt white-supremacist claims and seemingly more inert nationalistic claims about ‘unity’ and ‘freedom’ both enable and erase ongoing harm to marginalized communities.” Huh?

She added, “The primarily White supporters of the Freedom Convoy argue that pandemic mandates infringe upon their constitutional rights to freedom. The notion of ‘freedom’ was historically and remains intertwined with Whiteness, as historian Tyler Stovall has argued. The belief that one’s entitlement to freedom is a key component of White supremacy. This explains why the Freedom Convoy members see themselves as entitled to freedom, no matter the public health consequences to those around them.”

Yes, how dare the Freedom Convoy members think they are “entitled” to freedom! It’s not like they have inalienable rights granted by their Creator or something! They only have the rights that the government says they have…or don’t have! Period. Leftists somehow believe they are entitled to determine what freedom other people have. Revolting assumed privilege.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Education; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: communism
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1 posted on 02/21/2022 4:01:03 AM PST by MtnClimber
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2 posted on 02/21/2022 4:01:14 AM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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3 posted on 02/21/2022 4:03:44 AM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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These people are flat out nuts.


4 posted on 02/21/2022 4:05:01 AM PST by fatman6502002 ((The Team The Team The Team - Bo Schembechler circa 1969))
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To: MtnClimber

How convenient. Channeling Eric Blair.


5 posted on 02/21/2022 4:05:28 AM PST by nickcarraway
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To: MtnClimber

Doesn’t the black supremacist raised fist stand for freedom also?


6 posted on 02/21/2022 4:13:02 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer ("You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas." - Col. David Crockett to the U.S. Congress.)
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No. It stands for dominance.


7 posted on 02/21/2022 4:17:52 AM PST by null and void (Sometimes I think all I'm ever doing is trying to convince myself I'm climbing in the trees)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Sheep fisting.


8 posted on 02/21/2022 4:18:34 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Plugs the Pedo - The Shart Heard 'Round The World)
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To: fatman6502002

They may be nuts, but they are feeding the propaganda machines around the world. This line is particularly pernicious, and I truly believe that we’re going to see the use of it ramp up. The idea of “freedom” is actually terrifying to Gen Z and even some Boomers. They want to be told what to do, when to do it, and for how long.

The idea of being afloat in a sea of freedom, finding your own way by the winds, is so paralyzing as to cause them to ball up and suck their thumbs. I’ve heard Twitch streamers get red-faced screaming at people who espouse this idea that society should “go back to normal.” Normal isn’t defined as we understand it anymore. Normal has been re-minted, and it looks suspiciously like fascism.


9 posted on 02/21/2022 4:22:19 AM PST by rarestia (“A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.” -Hamilton)
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To: MtnClimber

Did Canadians ever vote for freedom that is only as granted by their government? I used to visit Canada frequently back before the passport foolishness & always got the notion they were considered a free people. Of course that was before Trudeau.


10 posted on 02/21/2022 4:26:25 AM PST by oldtech
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Propagandizing for the enemy should be treated like it was during WWII.


11 posted on 02/21/2022 4:31:40 AM PST by darkangel82
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To: MtnClimber

So she’s saying minorities are too stupid and weak to realize freedom has been taken away or to fight for it. How racist of her, especially from a “highly educated” elite female.


12 posted on 02/21/2022 4:38:31 AM PST by jughandle (Big words anger me, keep talking. )
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To: MtnClimber

The takeaway from this lunatic’s opinion is white people have no right to be free.


13 posted on 02/21/2022 4:50:41 AM PST by Gnome1949
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To: MtnClimber

The Left’s Core Strategy #1: Scream racism at anything you don’t like or which slows your agenda.

The Left’s Core Strategy #2: Passionately attack Republicans for actions you are undertaking.

The Left’s Core Strategy #3: “Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it. “

The Left’s Core Strategy #4: Repeat.


14 posted on 02/21/2022 4:55:45 AM PST by Vision (Elections are one day. Reject "Chicago" vote harvesting. Election Reform Now. Obama is an evildoer.)
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To: MtnClimber

You got my pride
Hangin out of my bed
You’re messin with my life
So I brought my lead

First verse of Freedom - by Jimi Hendrix


15 posted on 02/21/2022 4:56:47 AM PST by Palio di Siena
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To: fatman6502002
These people are flat out nuts.

Not nutz, comrades, communists, control freaks but not nutz.

16 posted on 02/21/2022 5:00:45 AM PST by USS Alaska (NUKE ALL MOOSELIMB TERRORISTS, NOW.)
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To: MtnClimber

Freedom is Slavery - 1984, George Orwell.


17 posted on 02/21/2022 5:12:01 AM PST by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
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To: MtnClimber

Perhaps she prefers dictatorship also known as slavery


18 posted on 02/21/2022 5:24:30 AM PST by Nifster (I’m see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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To: MtnClimber

So liberals want to go back to slavery, eh?


19 posted on 02/21/2022 5:31:11 AM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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They just want to enslave those that don’t agree with them. They get freedom.


20 posted on 02/21/2022 5:45:54 AM PST by ChuckHam
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