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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMany Americans have forgotten this certain truth about freedom.
Freedom is not free. You have to sacrifice. If you truly want freedom you have to accept all the freedoms that you disagree with.
We have the freedom to bear arms. Pro gun people love that freedom. However, people who want gun control laws also have the right, freedom, to breathe, to live. Gun control is a form of freedom.
The same goes for abortion. Pro life people want their freedom to protect the unborn. Women want to protect their freedom to breathe, to live. Pro life people say no to their freedom.
An American has to accept all freedoms whether they like it or not. You don't get to pick and choose. Today in America people are using freedom as an excuse to stop other Americans from their right to freedom.
demigoddess
(6,641 posts)especially in a democracy.
sanatanadharma
(3,706 posts)... the myth of the self-made mountain man pervades those who can't get along in society but want all of the benefits of grocery stores, roofs, walls and trash pickup.