Wed Mar 16, 2022, 05:23 AM
padfun (1,615 posts)
When Right-wingers say Freedom and Liberty, I think they mean Privilege.
I've determined this from my friend who was constantly spouting freedom until I mentioned the abortion rights. He just didn't care for those.
He only thought of those "freedoms" that he wanted.
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padfun | Mar 2022 | OP |
overleft | Mar 2022 | #1 | |
hatrack | Mar 2022 | #2 | |
JHB | Mar 2022 | #3 | |
Easterncedar | Mar 2022 | #4 | |
chowder66 | Mar 2022 | #9 | |
Cosmocat | Mar 2022 | #5 | |
richdj25 | Mar 2022 | #6 | |
Joinfortmill | Mar 2022 | #7 | |
Maeve | Mar 2022 | #8 | |
chowder66 | Mar 2022 | #10 | |
tenderfoot | Mar 2022 | #11 | |
vlyons | Mar 2022 | #12 | |
Trueblue Texan | Mar 2022 | #13 | |
multigraincracker | Mar 2022 | #14 | |
randr | Mar 2022 | #15 |
Response to padfun (Original post)
Wed Mar 16, 2022, 05:31 AM
overleft (304 posts)
1. I think you are right. It's only about thier rights, not someone elses.
Response to padfun (Original post)
Wed Mar 16, 2022, 05:34 AM
hatrack (56,904 posts)
2. A better word may be "license" - as in "licentious"
Doing whatever the hell you want with no consequences attached, 'cuz you're so special and magical and you deserve it.
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Response to padfun (Original post)
Wed Mar 16, 2022, 06:01 AM
JHB (36,108 posts)
3. Whenever you hear a right-winger going on about "government tyranny"...
...the real complaint is usually that he can't be a tyrant in whatever he considers his rightful domain.
Labor law, domestic abuse law, business regulation, anything that crimps his ability to be Lord and Master. Even if he doesn't usually act like a tyrant, he damn well insists that he have the right to be one, and don't you say otherwise!. |
Response to padfun (Original post)
Wed Mar 16, 2022, 06:14 AM
Easterncedar (530 posts)
4. Nailed it
That’s it precisely. Now I want the t shirt
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Response to padfun (Original post)
Wed Mar 16, 2022, 06:17 AM
Cosmocat (14,259 posts)
5. The fact is that the entirety of the republican / conservative body politic
has gas lighted itself for so damn long they don't have the first clue what anything they say means.
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Response to padfun (Original post)
Wed Mar 16, 2022, 06:19 AM
richdj25 (141 posts)
6. Those fools simply want freedom
to practice their deplorable ways, like racism/bigotry, in any shape-form-fashion.
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Response to padfun (Original post)
Wed Mar 16, 2022, 06:28 AM
Joinfortmill (9,898 posts)
7. Good point.
Response to padfun (Original post)
Wed Mar 16, 2022, 06:49 AM
Maeve (41,387 posts)
8. Mine, not thine
It has always been such
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Response to padfun (Original post)
Wed Mar 16, 2022, 07:02 AM
chowder66 (7,734 posts)
10. OMG your tagline! lol.... And your statement is right on!
Response to padfun (Original post)
Wed Mar 16, 2022, 07:05 AM
tenderfoot (7,996 posts)
11. You're as free as your bank account says you are.
Tell him that and see what he says.
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Response to padfun (Original post)
Wed Mar 16, 2022, 07:19 AM
vlyons (9,374 posts)
12. more like the laws, rules, and regulations that I don't like
should not apply to me.
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Response to padfun (Original post)
Wed Mar 16, 2022, 07:19 AM
Trueblue Texan (1,830 posts)
13. I think you are EXACTLY right.
If ever right-wingers were ever in doubt of the guarantees of democracy, they need only to look at Russia, especially now and see how people are swept off the street and into prison for daring to voice a political opinion. Such a reality magnifies the obscenity of Americans who scream about their rights being violated when required to wear masks in privately-owned businesses or required vaccines to work in particular businesses. They shit all over freedom of others and blame the left that they have no rights.
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Response to padfun (Original post)
Wed Mar 16, 2022, 07:26 AM
multigraincracker (29,292 posts)
14. You left out one word.
White Freedom and Liberty.
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Response to padfun (Original post)
Wed Mar 16, 2022, 07:39 AM
randr (12,026 posts)
15. You have nailed it!
It is the sense of privilege that the fright wingers are afraid of losing. The treatment of minorities has been seen as proof of their privilege and they see the writing on the wall. They are afraid of being seen as normal people.
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