Posted on 05/14/2020 3:05:24 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
What is the difference between liberty and freedom in the eyes of many Americans?
Absolutely nothing.
And therein lies not only the problem driving the culture war around coronavirus shelter-in-place orders but also arguably the crux of all fronts of America's culture wars, from guns to religion to speech to - now, it seems - haircuts.
It is a slippage skillfully leveraged by conservatives.
This week in Michigan, armed protesters are heeding the call. But the petulant rallying cries echo across the United States.
"Give me liberty or give me death!" - so goes the universal whine, lifted from Patrick Henry's Virginia Convention speech in 1775.
My fellow Americans, liberty does not mean what you think it means.
Liberty is a type of freedom defined and limited by civil society. It is not an unrestrained, unchecked license to do whatever one desires. Rather, liberty is a right constituted by the society - or, here, nation - one lives in.
Data show that people of color are suffering higher rates of COVID-19 infection and mortality than white people. Data also show that pandemic protesters are largely right-wing white people. It does not take a genius to comprehend how the language of freedom and liberty has been weaponized against black and brown communities in America.
But language matters. Instead of indiscriminately crying "freedom!" or "liberty!" to defend one's assumed right to offend or harm, what might happen if we were to understand liberty as a freedom existing and expressed alongside the freedom of all Americans? Liberty as a type of freedom that holds us accountable for the welfare of the nation and all its people? Might we, then, form a more perfect union?
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Yep, NBC, CONcast, enough is enough.
This woman obviously confuses Liberty with being “at liberty”
Liberty means being free of government restraint.
Being “at liberty” means being given permission to do things that require the permission of an authority.
Example “The captain has turned off the seat belt sign and you are “at liberty” to move about the cabin.
Shouldn't she infect 10 people for the cause?
Reprobate.
Does she work for buzzfeed too?
Except he was joking.
These nitwits actually believe it.
If people don’t understand the difference between Liberty and Freedom shouldn’t be allowed to vote.
Liberty is a physical state. A freedom is a concept.
Pretty easy.
“Liberty is a physical state. A freedom is a concept.”
So for the front of a face mask, which would be better?
Give me liberty or give me a mask.
Give me freedom or give me a mask.
bttt
Earnest and laughably ignorant word salad from someone who enjoys both liberty and freedom she hasn't earned. To such a totalitarian fool these are inherently abhorrent, things a state she intends to control allows or disallows at its pleasure. They are, in truth, things that the people who have them intend to defend, if necessary with the guns she doesn't intend them to have.
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