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I wonder if people should consider that "freedom" includes being free of fear and threat. Where I live, even children can go out on the streets at night without
by aryehof 9y ago
I wonder if people should consider that "freedom" includes being free of fear and threat. Where I live, even children can go out on the streets at night without a second thought. Without having to fear violence, hate, gangs or the authorities. There is something wrong with a society that prioritizes freedom of speech and the right to carry a gun, over the right to not live in fear and to human dignity.
- leetcrew 9y agoif you can't advocate for yourself or defend yourself, any freedom from fear or human dignity afforded to you is a happy accident. it may last for a while, but what will you do if things change? i concede that the sea may change for guns sometime in the next century; they can make things very chaotic as population density increases. still, i maintain that freedom of speech is a necessary, if not sufficient, condition for a stable and free society.