I would be puzzled by that statement because I thought the idea was not to have one religion imposed upon people.
“I thought the idea was not to have one religion imposed upon people.”
That’s exactly right - freedom means freedom. Freedom can’t be conditional or it’s not freedom.
Michael Flynn doesn’t get that.
Conservatives always make the mistake of choosing allies based on who the enemy is today. In the long run, conservatives have only one friend: individual freedom - and only ONE enemy: state tyranny.
In 2001, following 9/11, we forgot that, and we were convinced that the most important issue was not individual freedom, but rather national security. The result? The Patriot Act, Homeland Security, a weaponized national security apparatus, and devastating infringements on our civil liberties.
At the time, we thought this national-security-apparatus-on-steroids would be weaponized against our enemies - Islamic terrorists - now we see that it can be weaponized against us.
General Flynn is our ally because we have common enemies at the moment.
But just as George W Bush and company were willing to trade away our right to privacy for the promise of national security - we can plainly see that Flynn is ready to trade away another one of our civil liberties - freedom of religion - in order to vanquish today’s enemy - the deep state.
The vicious cycle will never end as long as we keep trading one bully for another.
“I would be puzzled by that statement because I thought the idea was not to have one religion imposed upon people.”
Flynn said not one word about imposing religion upon people. Our Founding Fathers believed in established Christian religion. Nine of the 13 colonies had established Christian churches. That is why the first amendment starts off with “And Congress shall not...” They did not want Congress preempting what they regarded as a state’s right regarding establishing a religion. And with their established churches they did not impose religion on people.
But I realize you are more pure than our Founders.