Mickey Z

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Thursday, February 22, 2007

Freedom fries...and fries and fries

When you write books, articles, and essays that typically fall into the “radical” category, you take hits from the full range of the political spectrum. Right, left, or anywhere in-between, beliefs run deep and viewpoints die hard. Often, however, irate critics of all stripes lazily fall back on empty rebuttals. For example, when I posted an essay called “Why I Hate America” at the liberal blog, Daily Kos, it provoked this timeless classic:

“America is a terrible country,” he/she snarked. “After all, how many other countries give you the RIGHT to write what you just wrote?”

Let’s put aside the unintentional (?) tongue twister ("the right to write what you just wrote") and the fact that the obvious answer to his/her question—plenty of other countries do—destroys this line of reasoning (sic). The larger issue, as I see it, is how we each choose to evaluate our freedom.

Read freedom article here