I find it funny that you feel the need to fabricate “my side of the argument”.
To quote you: “But, you cry, no one should be able to limit your right to smoke, shoot, eat, drive, etc.”
No where in this or any other post did I “cry” about any of these things…
I never said anything about any of these things…
You somehow decided to make up “my side of the argument” as some irrational stance that includes discharging firearms in densely populated areas for fun while I blow smoke in your face and drive my car through stop signs at a high rate of speed while I’m on my way to the nearest fast-food joint to scarf down 6 cheese burgers, 4 orders of French fries and a huge chocolate shake, after which I plan to go my house to pour some toxic liquid into the public water supply.
Are you Schizophrenic or just a liberal?
Ouch. I don’t feel Schizoid & I know I’m not liberal. I thought I was just a concerned conservative trying to avoid ad hominem. However, I did get a good chuckle out of you stringing all those examples together. It did create a rather crazy picture.
And, you made a good point (round aboutly) about the inappropriateness of me supplying possible specifics of your argument. So, while I did not say that you wanted all of these things, I should not have provided any examples of what you may have been saying.
Most of the the folks that speak like you complain loudly about an infringement upon their liberty and how that is not fair. Ordinarily, they are not grateful about anything this country provides. Often they are bitter about not being able to do something that clearly impacts a lot of others. To me they sound not like leaders, but renegades.
But, now you have the floor. Here is your chance to give us your specific observations of the loss of liberty you were referring to. You didn’t do so in your post, but now you can. And I won’t supply any possibilities. You can show us how you can be supportive to the country and yet specific in your examples. So, don’t just speak theoretically, or conceptually (”...there is a huge loss of liberty everywhere” or “...the forefathers would roll over in their graves” or “...it never used to be this way”). Dig down and give us something direct, actual, particular. Otherwise...