'Why don't I have the freedom to run around Walmart, carrying a loaded gun?'
'The government can't tell me what to do! It's only in a dictatorship that the government tells people what to do!'
The government cán tell us what to do and you have no clue what a dictatorship is.
See the government as a parent: would you let your kid demolish the furniture and his little sister 'because you don't want to touch his right to be free to do what he wants' or would you set boundaries and even install punishments where your child crosses those?
The only limit to freedom should be the point where you limit those of others. Unfortunately for gun nuts, others have the freedom to shop in an idiot-free environment. Gun nuts can shoot eachother in the woods where they like to play survivalist. If they would all do that, normal people's chances of surviving will increase drastically.
Voltaire had something to say on freedom of speech:
And so does one of my lolcats:
So, are you living in a dictatorship or can you enjoy freedom?
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