What Was Freedom Like?

“What was freedom like?”

This is one of the few questions I do not want to have to answer when I finally have some grandchildren. Seriously, how does one answer that question?

We have a government far bigger and more bloated than the Founders ever dreamed about, let alone intended. That government reaches its intrusive tentacles into nearly every facet of our daily lives, all in the names of “safety,” “security,” “fairness,” “equality,” and a whole host of others, because those in the government believe that they know better than we do what's best for us. And we have allowed it.

The American people now work around one-third of the year just to pay our tax burden. Think about that for a few minutes. It's one hundred twenty-one days into the year before the money we work for becomes ours again. It's clearly evident we no longer have the economic freedom to pursue our happiness. And we have allowed it.

Whether or not you agreed with the stand Nevada rancher, Cliven Bundy, took, the fact that the government set up “free speech zones” should alarm you, to say the least. “Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech.” The Framers actually wrote that phrase out in the Bill of Rights so there could be no confusion about it. You could point out that the BLM isn't Congress, that they're merely part of the federal government, and technically you'd be correct. What you also have to consider, however, is that to the Founders and Framers, Congress was the federal government, or at least the largest part of it. Should not the same rules apply to any and all bureaus and departments that represent the federal government? This is merely the first step in the stripping away of the right to free speech. And we have allowed it.

Not long ago, I posted about the true meaning of the 2^nd Amendment. In it, I detailed how brilliant the Framers were in using the word “arms” when they enumerated the right of the people to keep and bear arms. The intentions of the Framers could not be more clear. In short, they wanted to ensure that the American people would be as well armed as any army the government could muster to prevent the kind of creeping tyranny we've had encroaching upon us for the last thirty-odd years. By the letter of the amendment, any American should be able to possess any weapon or weapon system that the government can field, so long as they have the economic means to procure it. That was the beauty of it – we're supposed to be on equal footing with the government that now tells us we cannot own automatic weapons, and that we must register the weapons we do own, not to mention the limiting of the number of rounds a magazine can hold. And we have allowed it.

How do we tell our grandchildren that even though the actual damage was done by those who despise what this nation was, is, and still could be – but also that it was us, the American people, who have allowed it. Call it complacency, laziness, or just life in general, the damage being done is just as much our fault as it is the liberals/socialists/communists: By permitting political correctness to silence, or at least diminish, our voices, the dilution of our rights, the stifling of individualism and entrepreneurship through confiscatory, we are causing our own demise.

Ronald Reagan once said, “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.” Never were truer words ever spoken.

I, along with the rest of the admins on the Facebook page Liberals are Hypocrites, are doing what we can to educate you, bring to your attention both the good and the bad, and just generally make the truth known, and we refuse to be silenced. I certainly don't write this blog for fun.

We're doing our part as best we can. Are you?

If you're not, ask yourself how you're going to look your grandchildren in the eyes and answer them when they ask, “What was freedom like?” ~ Hunter