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paulkienitz

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2. Or to put it in briefer form: liberty and justice FOR ALL.

Reply to Baron2024 (Original post)

Sun Jan 26, 2025, 10:26 PM

Jan 26

I pledged my allegiance to a nation with liberty and justice for all. If that nation denies that liberty and that justice, I do not owe it allegiance.

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Hear! Hear! yellow dahlia Jan 26 #1

Or to put it in briefer form: liberty and justice FOR ALL. paulkienitz Jan 26 #2

Business As Usual Baron2024 Jan 26 #3

Kick this! defacto7 Jan 26 #4

Tell that to ReRe Jan 26 #6

K&R defacto7 Jan 26 #5

As Timothy Snyder says, "Freedom from" is a conceptual trap. It's also a political trap in that it involves self-decep- ancianita Jan 26 #7