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Re: Improvisations on the meaning of "Freedom".

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Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2022 15:05:02 -0000 (UTC)
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by: Dhu on Gate - Thu, 10 Feb 2022 15:05 UTC

On Thu, 10 Feb 2022 01:08:35 +0000, *Ördög* wrote:

> *Freedom is Conformity*
> /Mrs. Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian/
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lA18NFrMv6E>
> ~~~
>
> There are certain words in English which become completely twisted away
> from their actual meanings due to being hijacked by far-right and
> religious fundamentalist political propagandists.
> I'd call that crime against good semantics.
>
> The word *Freedom* is certainly not the only one. The same goes for the
> words *cancel* and *woke* for instance!
> It seems these words are now bereft of their original meanings.
> Hallelujah! MAGA rules the Anglophone-Universe.

"Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose..."

Dhu

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