Did anyone really say this other than the person who wrote it. We all hope a judge or a President or anyone of any status would say this - sadly if it comes from Facebook it is just another FB meme.
-was wondering the same thing—it was nice to read,and like I said, to “dream” - but not sure if it’s real. So much fake stuff out there...
See post #4. Judge Young is still a sitting judge, and he said what was reported in the original post.
“It seems to me, you hate the one thing that to us is most precious. You hate our freedom. Our individual freedom. Our individual freedom to live as we choose, to come and go as we choose, to believe or not believe as we individually choose. Here, in this society, the very wind carries freedom. It carries it everywhere from sea to shining sea. It is because we prize individual freedom so much that you are here in this beautiful courtroom, so that everyone can see, truly see, that justice is administered fairly, individually, and discretely. It is for freedom’s sake that your lawyers are striving so vigorously on your behalf, have filed appeals, will go on in their representation of you before other judges.
We Americans are all about freedom. Because we all know that the way we treat you, Mr. Reid, is the measure of our own liberties. Make no mistake though. It is yet true that we will bear any burden; pay any price, to preserve our freedoms.”
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I think the judge as quoted above engages in wishful thinking. He describes what USED TO EXIST. Most Americans are not “all about freedom” any longer. Being all about freedom means being all about personal responsibility and even those who call themselves conservatives often preach the opposite. For this country to once again be all about freedom would require the dismantling of MOST of the government structure, legislation and regulations currently in place. To think that we can be all about freedom while at the same time engaging in tyranny requires a split mind. Referring to a cow pie as lemon meringue will not provide food for the hungry and referring to tyranny as freedom will do nothing for anyone except the tyrants. There is no hope of RESTORING freedom as long as we refuse to face reality.
Yeah. I made it all up. /sarc/ Really the level of snark and cynicism is enough to drive me away from this forum some days. If you don’t believe me, or FB, look it up on Google.