From the mind of critic: “Are we a facist dictatorship, or a constutionally protected democratic republic? Do we racially profile all non-whites based on generationally inbedded ignorance, or do we base our judgements on the content of their character and whether they committed an actual crime? Do we think a gun rights protest consisting of white people is okay, but a gun rights protest consisting of black people is something to fear? Do we harrass, persecute, arrest, imprison and punish white people for crimes the same as black people? Are we a nation that shuns people for escaping poverty and violence to come here, because they are doing us harm? Do we believe these people are taking our jobs and benefits while not paying taxes, or that we are in such dire straits economically that we blame all the scary brown people for our plight? Do we blame the law abiding people who come here to work and make a better life for their family, or the employers that pay below a poverty wage with no benefits? Do we belive health care is a right or a privledge? Do we believe education is a right or a privledge? Do we believe terrorist acts are only committted by muslims, or by anybody including white christians who commit violent acts because of relgious and/or political ideology? Do we believe we’re fighting terrorism or feeding it? Do we believe the president has the ultimate authority and can’t be challenged, or that laws still apply to them because of the seperation of powers into the three branches of government? Do we believe there’s a difference between Trump saying a president can’t have conflicts of interest, and Nixon saying that when a president does something it isn’t illegal? Do we believe a president should profit off of the office they hold, and promote their friends businesses as well, giving them special favors to boost their bottom line? Do we believe liberty and justice for all is just part of a pledge we say, but dont really think about it’s real world applications, kind of like us going to church because it’s what we’ve always done whether we believe it or not? Or do we believe the power in the words, and the great country we can have when we finnaly live out our creed fully like we never have before in our history? These are questions we should be asking ourselves if we really believe in freedom? And if we don’t ask ourselves these things, we should ask ourselves if we actually believe in freedom?” 🙂