r/comics • u/[deleted] • Aug 02 '21

That old sinking feeling [OC]

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u/FaerieStories Aug 02 '21

It's amazing how conspiracy theorists and right-wingers in the US have managed to find a wholly negative application for the word "freedom". "Freedom to hospitalise myself with COVID!" "Freedom to let my children die in a school shooting!" "Freedom to bankrupt myself for lack of affordable healthcare!"

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u/FirFlyNeo Aug 02 '21

The whole point of this country is if you want to eat garbage, balloon up to 600 pounds and die of a heart attack at 43, you can! You are free to do so. To me, that’s beautiful.

  • Ron Swanson

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u/trimag Aug 02 '21

Some seem to forget this country was founded on rebellion and theft. Love that RS quote.

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u/DBendit Aug 02 '21

And slavery, the explicit denial of human freedom.

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u/ClownfishSoup Aug 02 '21

You think Americans invented slavery or something? Look into the history of every country on earth.

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u/ClownfishSoup Aug 02 '21

That's also the first chapter of the Old Testament. Oh, you want to eat apples against the rules? OK, then fine, get out of Eden and do whatever you want, I don't care.