Freedom is the most crucial idea in America.
We all cherish and support freedom, yet the very meaning of the word is disputed. Freedom means different things to different people, depending on their moral worldview.
Over time, our definition of freedom has been expanded to include a greater number of people, and our freedoms have expanded in a progressive direction.
We have seen an expansion of citizen participation and voter rights, the expansion of opportunity, the expansion of worker rights, and the expansion of public education.
All of these have helped to expand freedom for a greater number of Americans.
What radical Republicans aim to do is reverse many of these hard-won gains and go back to the time before these progressive freedoms were established.
They want to conserve their own distorted version of freedom — a “freedom” that does not include many of the freedoms that have been expanded over the past centuries to include more people and more situations.
They want to undo voting rights, worker protections, civil rights and environmental protections — all essential to modern American freedom.
Their successful effort to undo Roe v. Wade after decades of trying attests to their zeal for rolling back women’s freedom.
@georgelakoff One man’s freedom is another man’s oppression, in many cases.
Obviously no surprise when a business owner or millionaire only acknowledges freedom they gain when worker’s rights are lacking.
I think there's two related issues.
One is a refusal to accept that freedoms/rights for others, matter.
The other is that freedoms come with degrees of responsibilities.
Some, like freedom from pain or hunger, carry very little; others, like free speech, carry a lot because of the dangers of abuse.
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