Imagine living in a different type of world for a moment. Pretend you are walking past two people who are arguing. All of the sudden, the man reaches into his pocket and yells, “Shut up or I’ll shoot you!” You become startled and call the police. “911. What's your emergency?" a voice chatters through the phone. After explaining the situation, the dispatcher states that because this is America the man is ‘free’ to have a gun. According to her, if he physically hurts someone, then she’ll be concerned. The definition of ‘free’ in America is not necessarily being able to do whatever one would like.
If we were literally all free to do whatever we want, civilians would act more like little devils threatening each other with guns or running around starting chaos- rather than civilized people. According to the Cambridge dictionary, "free” is defined as "the ability to release someone or something from …show more content…
Being free no longer includes “peaceful protests”. An astonishing recent example is when President-Elect Donald Trump was declared the winner of the 2016 election. Citizens were peacefully holding up signs, chanting and gathering together in order to protest. However, once the protesting started, police were called into towns to strip away the protesters' freedom. Police sprayed civilians with ice cold water on chilly days when the weather was already below thirty five degrees.
Likewise, another example from the news involves the piping system being placed uncomfortably close to the Native American reservations. They became frightened and protested against the pipeline destroying their sacred land. In this second case, the city enacted a law which states anyone bringing food or supplies to the protesters would be fined up to one thousand dollars. Since when is denying people the right to protect their homeland, a place where their parents and grandparents have lived and died,
If we were literally all free to do whatever we want, civilians would act more like little devils threatening each other with guns or running around starting chaos- rather than civilized people. According to the Cambridge dictionary, "free” is defined as "the ability to release someone or something from …show more content…
Being free no longer includes “peaceful protests”. An astonishing recent example is when President-Elect Donald Trump was declared the winner of the 2016 election. Citizens were peacefully holding up signs, chanting and gathering together in order to protest. However, once the protesting started, police were called into towns to strip away the protesters' freedom. Police sprayed civilians with ice cold water on chilly days when the weather was already below thirty five degrees.
Likewise, another example from the news involves the piping system being placed uncomfortably close to the Native American reservations. They became frightened and protested against the pipeline destroying their sacred land. In this second case, the city enacted a law which states anyone bringing food or supplies to the protesters would be fined up to one thousand dollars. Since when is denying people the right to protect their homeland, a place where their parents and grandparents have lived and died,