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Hey, no hard feelings whatsoever. By the way, I'm not saying that that's the right or best ideology. I'm just saying that there's a definition issue. You take freedom at face value, as in, I can do whatever I want without anyone trying to stop me. But people who support freedom and liberty aren't saying that. They're saying that liberty trumps all, even the rule of the majority. That there are no good reason to justify taking away someone's freedom except to protect someone else's. And that this rule is above the rule of democracy. Democracy is used only to decide on things that don't affect people's freedoms. If it does, it is overstepping its bounds, and the courts are there to judge on that. And if the system fails to uphold the liberty of its people, that the people should fight to have it back.



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