Freedom '90
Being in favor of freedom does not mean that
you are for Freedom Caucuses or Conferences.
Testing support for freedom by support for
“freedom” caucuses is like asking “Are you still beating your wife”, leading, questions. Posing the "wife beating" question that way and
only allowing yes or no responses, implicitly assumes that at one time the respondent
has beaten his wife. A yes or no response
provides no information if the respondent NEVER beat his wife.
Freedom Caucuses treat rights as absolutes
when they are not. Rights are protected,
but they are never absolute. You have
the RIGHT to shout fire, but that right is not absolute. You have the DUTY not to shout fire in a
crowded theater. You have the RIGHT to bear arms. You have the DUTY not to use those arms in a
mass shooting. Confusing rights with
duties is the opposite of freedom.
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