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They don't hate us for our freedoms. We need to keep that bit of propaganda from propagating, otherwise we're doomed to repeat the last 50 years.

• samstave 13y ago
  What I always ask: what freedoms? I can't think of really any activity I am not paying for. One can't even escape having any single piece of land without havig to annually pay a license to the government to keep it. So when we are told others hate our freedoms, I want to know specifically which ones those are. If they say "religion" I don't count that as one as I am not religious. If they say "speech" I'd like to point to "free speech zones" and other direct limitations. I can't think of anything that is truly 100% free.
  • mercurial 13y ago
    You have plenty of areas where you're not free to be irreligious. Or where criticising the regime will land you in jail. That said, the"hating our freedoms" line is definitely bull. People actually say that?
    • mkr-hn 13y ago
      It was one of the main talking points after 9/11.