#free-country — Public Fediverse posts

A quotation from Adlai Stevenson

My definition of a free society is a society where it is safe to be unpopular.

Adlai Stevenson (1900–1965) American diplomat, statesman
Speech (1952-10-07), “Safeguards Against Communism,” Masonic Temple, Detroit, Michigan

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A quotation from Franklin D. Roosevelt

Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882–1945) American lawyer, politician, statesman, US President (1933–1945)
Speech (1940-10-13), “The Mobilization for Human Needs” (radio broadcast)

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New #review today: "Among the many projects of drummer #PhilHaynes is #FreeCountry, a jazz string band on a mission to reinterpret American roots music. His cohorts on this journey are #DrewGress (bass), #JimYanda (guitar), and #HankRoberts (cello), and Liberty Now! is their fourth release (not counting a live album), coming more than a quarter century after their first." #ExposeOnline #jazz http://expose.org/index.php/articles/display/phil-haynes-free-country-liberty-now-2.html

A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

   In a self-governing country the people are called citizens. Under a despotism or autocracy the people are called subjects. This is because in a free country the people are themselves sovereign, while in a despotic country the people are under a sovereign. In the United States the people are all citizens, including its President. The rest of them are fellow citizens of the President. In Germany the people are all subjects of the Kaiser. They are not his fellow citizens, they are his subjects.
   This is the essential difference between the United States and Germany, but the difference would vanish if we now submitted to the foolish or traitorous persons who endeavor to make it a crime to tell the truth about the Administration when the Administration is guilty of incompetence or other shortcomings. Such an endeavor is itself a crime against the nation. Those who take such an attitude are guilty of moral treason of a kind both abject and dangerous.

Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901-1909)
Essay (1918-04-06), “Citizens or Subjects?” Kansas City Star

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Ben Shapiro Gets OBLITERATED by Neil deGrasse Tyson Over Transgenderism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12Wyke5e4iA

Neil deGrasse Tyson goes head-to-head with Ben Shapiro in a fiery clash over trans rights, science, and freedom. Tyson dismantles Shapiro’s arguments with calm logic and powerful insights…

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“That Americans seem to be rediscovering the art, science and potency of noncooperation — combined with a robust protest capacity and legal action — shows that resistance against Trump’s agenda in America is not only alive and well. It is savvy, diversifying and probably just getting started.”

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https://wandering.shop/@daviddlevine/114190746977644919

Found this old #MattGroening cartoon from around 1988? I went to California that year

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#Transgender #people are just trying to be #themselves in a #freecountry.

So why, here in the #LandOfTheFree, is there so much #hysteria around #trans #people just trying to be who they are? What happened to individual #liberty and the pursuit of happiness?

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #MoralPanic #HateSpeech https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/04/12/opinion/editorials/transgender-people-are-just-trying-to-be-themselves-in-a-free-country/