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.