freedom isn't free

[mopinko]

that's why only rich people can have it. just thought i would mention that.

[JuniperLea]

1. Thanks for the reminder

It's the only thing that curbs my enthusiasm.

[firefox]

2. Freedom isn't freedom

That is why you cannot smoke a joint in peace and that is why people's yards are not filled with "Impeach Bu$h" signs. Then there is the fact that the Patriot Act gives the president and his minions the right to call anyone a terrorist and haul them off without charges or any notification and hold them indefinitely.

[unblock]

3. freedom costs a buck-oh-five

[sui generis]

4. this is not constructive

if we don't want "rich white people" to be the way our stereotypes make them out to be then we need to stop making statements like this.

If someone made a generalizing comment about "black" people here they would get crucified for being racist. Why can't we be better than that?

[jedicord]

7. Freudian Slip Sui?

There was no "white" in that sentence.

[sui generis]

12. oh wow you're right

that is funny!

I'm having an offline conversation with someone else where that phrase is being bandied about, and when I flipped by I guess it was burned into my retinas.

Sorry for my poor reading comprehension, you know my heart is in the right place.

[jedicord]

16. Yes, your heart is.

And I agree with your basic premise.

Happy Friday!

[sui generis]

17. I swear Skinner needs to add an honorary Emily Latilla button

"Nevermind"!

I'm off to go protest sax and violins on tee vee now.

:hi:

[mopinko]

10. it is always constructive

to overturn their stupid rhetoric, especially if you can do it by telling the truth. i just woke up with that one stuck in my craw this morning.
and yeah, i so did not say anything about white.

[sui generis]

14. my bad see other reply

well we wouldn't all be going at this rink like a bunch of bumper cars if we didn't give a damn about getting around the track, so we are on the same side anyway, you can be sure.

[oneighty]

5. As a disabled veteran of the Korean war

I cringe when one that has never placed his or her life on the line informs me that freedom is not free.

I have special words for those people but I do not say them.

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[LizMoonstar]

6. why? it clearly isn't - you've paid for all of us.

or do most people not get that...?

[mopinko]

9. i love that it is a joke with those fighting over there-

some of them call it "operation oil is not free"

[Postman]

8. freedom's cost is blood. Poor/Middle Class people must be the "free-ist"..

Right? No?

Just another propaganda line to motivate the masses of asses to sacrifice themselves for the wealthy owners....

[mopinko]

11. nothin' left to lose

nanana nanana nanana hey

[info being]

13. Freedom isn't something given to us by governments

Its the way we live our lives, regardless of government.

[mopinko]

15. so, is

reality real?