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Blogs > OneStrangeBeast > The Beast Burrow

If you truly believe in freedom : Edition  

OneStrangeBeast 52M  
2040 posts
5/26/2013 2:01 pm

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5/26/2013 7:25 pm
If you truly believe in freedom : Edition

Howdy, minions, and welcome to the Memorial Day weekend installment of the Greatest Show on Earth without man-eating animals.

I would like to take this opportunity as a veteran to express my thoughts on freedom, and the state in which we find ourselves treating one another in this country. (I'm in the U.S. BTW for any of my overseas minions.)
Everywhere I go these days, people are becoming more and more in-your-face as they express their personal beliefs, and ridicule those of everybody who doesn't share them.
I see bumper stickers on a daily basis which inform me that I deserve anything from a simple beating, to literally being flayed alive, or chased out of the country for not sharing the same viewpoint as the person in front of me on the road.
The internet is a one-stop shop for heated arguments, insults, and hatred. There are seemingly no limits to the number of sites you can visit if you desire to unleash your wrath on another person from the safety of your own basement.

On this weekend where we are supposed to be remembering and honoring those who died over the years in the pursuit of our freedoms, let's all try to realize one very important factor that many people don't seem to grasp. If you look around yourself, and nowhere is an opposing viewpoint or belief to be heard or seen..... then you're no longer living in a free society.
The very fact that your neighbor may be your polar opposite in all things political is the only proof you have on a daily basis that freedom is still had, not just by you, but by them as well.
Once all forms of dissent are squashed, and everybody lives their life, and believes the same set of ideas, then freedom has left the building.
I literally saw a man the other day with two bumper stickers. One of them said FREEDOM! in large, bold lettering, and the second stated that anybody who voted for so-and-so should leave the country. Irony..... he has failed to grasp it completely.
If you happen to be one of those types who hates anybody with an opposing view that much, then you don't truly believe in freedom in your heart. You may pay lip service to it, but what you really desire is across-the-board compliance to the way you view the world.
That may sound good on first inspection, but if you know anything of history, those have turned out to be the absolute worst circumstances to live under for the majority of people throughout history.
I'm not saying you should invite your polar opposite to your Memorial Day cookout, but maybe take a moment to reflect on whether you truly desire to live under "free" conditions. If upon further thought you find some merit to what I've said, spend Memorial Day scraping off a bumper sticker or two, and at least be thankful your neighbor CAN see things differently than you.

BEAST OUT

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