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Freedom is Overrated​

AUGUST 23, 2021 BY MATTHEW DISTEFANO

This isn’t a “free” country. Nor should it be. Nor do you want it to be. Trust me, I’ve been thinking about a lot of so-called freedoms that I guarantee no rationale person would actually want.

But still, plenty of conservative American snowflakes are all whining about how their freedoms are being taken away because they have to place a thin piece of fabric over their faces. You know, because, in spite of the fact that millions of humans have died from a crippling pandemic, freedom . . . or something.

But freedom, in any universal sense, isn’t worth having. And if you really think about it, it is something we’ve never had. Here’s 10 things we aren’t free to do. Nor should we be.

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I. Freedom to Expose Yourself​

You don’t like wearing a mask in public places during a pandemic? Well, I don’t like wearing underwear . . . ever. Does that mean I should be able to pull my dick out at the mall without repercussions? The logic of some anti-maskers would suggest so.

II. Freedom to Drive Drunk​

Driving drunk puts others at risk. So does not wearing a mask indoors in public places. But with the logic of anti-maskers, you’d think they would be cool with drunk driving. But they’re not because they aren’t consistent thinkers.

III. Freedom to Litter​

Americans love littering. Just look at the shoulders of our highways. But it is a crime. It’s also your freedom to toss your trash out the windows of your moving cars. Obviously. Again, just look at our roads. Is this really what we want though? I don’t.

IV. Freedom to Commit Libel​

Making stuff up and telling others about it is what Americans do. Just look at the Facebook pages of all anti-maskers. They are chock-full of invented information. But what if we make up libelous information about others? We should be free to do so, right? I mean, the First Amendment!!! Um, no. Not cool.

V. Freedom to Override Someone Else’s Freedom​

Anti-maskers love their personal freedoms. What they don’t understand is that private businesses have the same freedoms they have. So, if they don’t have to wear a mask, private businesses don’t have to serve them. Remember the baker that wouldn’t bake a gay cake? Yeah, let’s apply the same logic here Also, how have people been okay with “no shirt, no shoes, no service,” but if you add masks during a pandemic, it becomes a problem?

VI. Freedom to Yell “Fire” in a Theater​

You shouldn’t be able to yell “fire” in a crowded theater. It can cause mayhem and panic. Apply the same logic to masks and voila! This isn’t rocket science.

VII. Freedom to Smoke in a Restaurant​

Nothing is better than a cigarette after a nice meal, right? So, why can’t you smoke one after your steak dinner? You can, just not in the restaurant. But with your anti-mask logic, shouldn’t you be able to? This is America, not some communist hellhole!!!

VIII. Freedom to Fart in People’s Faces​

Farts don’t harm people. They aren’t violent. They don’t restrict people’s movement. So, how about we just start making it permissible to fart in people’s faces. I mean, you want freedoms, right? Let’s start here.

IX. Freedom to Not Register Your Vehicle​

I don’t want to pay my DMV fees. I shouldn’t have to register my vehicle. My car, my choice. Only wait, that’s not how that works. Nor is it what any of the anti-maskers have argued. And yet, here we are.

X. Freedom to be as Loud as You Want​

Want to walk around with a boombox on your shoulder? Do it. Want to carry a bullhorn around town? Do it. Want to drive a car with the loudest tailpipe known to man? Do it. Want to blow your dog whistle near everyone’s dogs? Do it. Actually, don’t. It’s technically freedom, but again, freedom is overrated.

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Disagree with me here? You are free to do so. And I am free to not care. I’m also free to not accept your comment below. So be kind, or I’ll exercise my inhibited freedom on you.

 

[Ducks Sorted in a Row]

We really should start shipping off retards like this to North Korea, but they probably wouldn't have them.

 

[Absolutetense]

So this is a „yet you partake in society“ shit-meme only in long text form?
And why do these motherfuckers always use the crowded theater example?
The justice making that argument back then was using it to send to prison people that warned about the us getting involved in the First World War. And even then it was a fuckwit argument.

this whole article is : if you’re not a total fucker like in those other examples, wear the mask.

i bet this guy looks like the typical wojak morherfucker.

 

[Jet Fuel Johnny]

AUthor of this article is a faggot, confirmed.

 

[Joe Swanson]

What they don’t understand is that private businesses have the same freedoms they have. So, if they don’t have to wear a mask, private businesses don’t have to serve them. Remember the baker that wouldn’t bake a gay cake? Yeah, let’s apply the same logic here Also, how have people been okay with “no shirt, no shoes, no service,” but if you add masks during a pandemic, it becomes a problem?

So your saying I can refuse service to black people and Jews, idk this guy is pretty based

 

[Feline Supremacist]

You don’t like wearing a mask in public places during a pandemic? Well, I don’t like wearing underwear . . . ever. Does that mean I should be able to pull my dick out at the mall without repercussions? The logic of some anti-maskers would suggest so.

Has this faggot been to the Folsom Street faggot festival? I bet he has and gargled a bunch of the STD infected dicks on display.

 

[LordofTendons]

So your saying I can refuse service to black people and Jews, idk this guy is pretty based

I think he's also saying we can refuse service to masked faggots who write retarded articles. I love this country.

 

[Lina Colorado]

Freedom overrated? Get your travel passport ready and move to North-Korea or Chyna. Do it faggit.

 

[Drkinferno72]

Freedom is bad, the government knows what’s best for you. Or some Orwellian crap like that

 

[Billy Beer]

Freedom to commit libel? Who the fuck cares about that, you horse-shagging slag?

Anyway, she missed XI: Freedom to allow retards to exist. 100 years ago you would have been shot

 

[NekoRightsActivist]

Alternative title: How to strawmanning and fooling normies.

 

[419]

I swear we get an "article" like this at least once a month where the writer is so on-the-nose about "actually freedom sucks sweaty :/" that you know they have nothing to live for. They don't even try to write more than two sentences for some of these "points" because they're that devoid of ambition and the fact that this somehow passes any kind of vetting process to be published to the masses indicates that they want you to be stuck in the same rut as them.

Do it. Actually, don’t. It’s technically freedom, but again, freedom is overrated.

Fuck off back to your bucket, crab.

 

[Beautiful Border]

Out of curiosity, I looked up the author of this article to get an idea of what else he has written and it turns out he's a massive God-botherer. This is something interesting I've noticed, the most insufferable liberals tend to either be religious or have had religious upbringings. Their "holier-than-thou" attitude isn't just metaphorical, it's literal. It makes sense your first instinct would be to blindly and uncritically accept dogma and shame others for not doing so when that's what you've been trained to do your whole life.

 

[Rei is shit]

Every one of these articles needs to start with a photo of the author.

 

[Troutsmacked]

>snowflakes

You're only about four years late to the party there soycuck.

 

[Archie_Kimkicker]

Patheos has always been reddit for people with graduate degrees.

 

[Kendall Motor Oil]

What are different types of liberties?

 

[Key the Metal Shitposter]

Thats a pretty spicy take on the civil war

But freedom, in any universal sense, isn’t worth having

 

[Super-Chevy454]

I guess "freedom overrated" is ok when it's them who preach for it.

 

[José Mourinho]

Don't know why a literally who site with a clickbait title is here but fuck it I'll bite

I. Freedom to Expose Yourself​

You don’t like wearing a mask in public places during a pandemic? Well, I don’t like wearing underwear . . . ever. Does that mean I should be able to pull my dick out at the mall without repercussions? The logic of some anti-maskers would suggest so.

Dumb analogy comparing wearing a mask with wearing something that covers your genitalia.

II. Freedom to Drive Drunk​

Driving drunk puts others at risk. So does not wearing a mask indoors in public places. But with the logic of anti-maskers, you’d think they would be cool with drunk driving. But they’re not because they aren’t consistent thinkers.

Another dumb analogy comparing wearing a mask with drunk driving all because "they put others at risk". Might as well say "freedom to blow up buildings" while you're at it.

III. Freedom to Litter​

Americans love littering. Just look at the shoulders of our highways. But it is a crime. It’s also your freedom to toss your trash out the windows of your moving cars. Obviously. Again, just look at our roads. Is this really what we want though? I don’t.

Might as well say "Freedom to Kill".

IV. Freedom to Commit Libel​

Making stuff up and telling others about it is what Americans do. Just look at the Facebook pages of all anti-maskers. They are chock-full of invented information. But what if we make up libelous information about others? We should be free to do so, right? I mean, the First Amendment!!! Um, no. Not cool.

Fuck it I give up, shit article with misleading title. 1/10, not even gonna bother commentating on the rest of it because it makes zero difference.