As the GOP claims it is fighting for “freedom,” it’s worth noting that everything they put out there is about either taking something away or refusing to provide something. Let’s take a look. (Thread)
Their notion of parental freedom in education involves removing books and ideas from the classroom. Some parents don’t want their kids to understand that LGBTQ people are real, or that slavery existed and was a blight on humanity. So they want to take it away from everyone.
Their idea of “voting rights” is freedom for GOP state legislatures to make it harder to vote, and reduce to a minimum the impact of some people’s votes.
Their notion of personal autonomy is the right for some people to endanger others, by taking away the right of local governments and schools and businesses to decide what they need to do to protect citizens and employees.
Their idea of “protecting life” is to remove the rights of women to decide with their doctors what is right for them. “My body, my choice”? They believe that the same way they believe “back the blue” or “pro-life”—as a slogan they use to cover up what they are taking away.
Freedom of religion means their ability to require everyone to live according to their twisted renditions of political Christianity; they have no interest in letting anyone determine their own spiritual, moral, or religious path.
Freedom of speech? By that they mean the freedom to manipulate others through direct lies; they want to shut down BLM, and they want big corporate money to drown out the voices of everyday citizens.
So if you really believe in freedom, ask yourself why every time the GOP yells about it, it is trying to take something from Americans, and use the levers of government to do so. What they want is their freedom to rule over you, and to profit as much as possible along the way.
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