Idk. Freedom is a big word and can mean different things to different people. To me, in this context, I think it means openness/breadth of what is normative an

Idk. Freedom is a big word and can mean different things to different people. To me, in this context, I think it means openness/breadth of what is normative and also the ability to nonconform. That's also why I said it's limited. Take transgenderism today, gay rights a generation ago. Freedom is/was just one step. It isn't enough that we stopped putting people (like Alan Turing or Oscar Wilde) in jail for sodomy. We also want/ed norms to change. We want people to consider homosexuality acceptable and wholesome. That is a change to norms, not the freedom to ignore norms. So... I'd say freedom and openness lend to cultural and normative changes... but these are still two separate things. Perhaps it's easier to see things in the opposite direction. Conservatives and (especially) reactionaries will often invoke their freedom to shun homosexuality or even to practice racism or something. Our reaction to that is what it is because norms are at stake. Societal norms, not just individual sentiments.