For over a year and one half, we at FREEDOMGOFORTH.COM have been advocating the need to re-establish our FREEDOM and LIBERTY in our great Nation, the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. This country was established at great cost. By “cost” we are not talking just about money, although that too was proffered, but we are talking about many of our forefathers who now lay in graves having sacrificed all for the establishment and preservation of our Nation. Too often many of us throw around the word FREEDOM as casually as we do when discussing our next meal or when reviewing last evenings TV show around the corporate water cooler.
Over the last couple of decades, it has been unfortunate that our citizens have witnessed the slow erosion of many of our God given FREEDOMS. It has been a slow and subtle process. We have found it comfortable, and even acceptable, living in the warm waters of the “pot of change” on the stove burner. More recently we have noticed the waters beginning to boil around us, and in the process, many have given up hope of ever re-establishing those FREEDOMS we have willingly allowed to be shredded and often shed from our lives. Is it that we have decided to not fight what was happening to us? Is it that we have even willingly agreed with seemingly minor restrictions to our FREEDOMS? Is it that we have at times even been the authors of our own FREEDOM destruction? Or is it that we have been oblivious to how our FREEDOM has been slipping through the control of our own fingers? We believe the last question applies to most “FREEDOM” loving citizens. You might ask, “How have we been culpable in the demise of our own FREEDOM?” Let us awaken you to several ways we have allowed the erosion of our FREEDOMS. In no particular order, and certainly not all comprehensive, read our list below to recognize this theft of our FREEDOM. We are sure many of you can add to our list of the multiple ways we have allow the theft of our FREEDOM.
Most of us started to recognize some of the diminishing of our FREEDOMS after the attack on our Nation on September 11, 2021. For several days we could not travel by air, as our Nation’s air transportation system was brought to a halt. But this was not the beginning of the attack on our FREEDOMS. You may be old enough to remember when cockpit doors on commercial airliners had to be closed before taxi, and before Air Marshall’s started flying. You may not have understood why at the time, but it was due to the threat of hijacking. But this was not the beginning of the attack on our FREEDOMS. When Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941, our Nation became suspicious of those Americans of Japanese descent, and went so far as to round them up, incarcerate them, and completely take away their ability to move about their Nation, to appreciate and enjoy their FREEDOMS. We could continue to move backward in time and point out other events when our Nation’s citizens found themselves having their cherished FREEDOM limited. We do not need to review the horrible restrictions placed upon the FREEDOMS of our black brothers and sisters going back years before the establishment of our Nation, which started in other countries throughout the ages. Below are just a few of the ways our own personal FREEDOM has been restricted, or even taken, from us.
Many employees are being hired on a part-time basis, allowing businesses to avoid providing the benefits given to full-time employees. This is a reduction of your FREEDOM.
Today, many employers routinely scour social media outlets to scan potential employees for adverse interactions, and this can continue for the duration of employment. This is an invasion of your personal FREEDOM.
As an employee, you may be subject to a swipe from the double-edged sword of union membership. Some companies may make union involvement impossible to achieve, while others may mandate union involvement and routinely deduct union dues from your paychecks. This is a form of restriction to your FREEDOM.
Governments, both local and national, can increase their tax revenues for the establishment and continuation of ideological agendas in opposition to the decisions of the majority. This is a method used to restrict your FREEDOM.
Employers can restrict breaks, and even limit their duration. This is a form of control over your FREEDOM.
Employers can require course attendance covering woke agendas for continued employment. This is a method used to define your FREEDOM.
Government mandates often make hiring the most qualified less important than meeting establish quotas. This is a method of limiting your FREEDOM.
Government and corporations can require compliance with mandatory health measures before and during employment. This is a way of controlling your FREEDOM.
If you feel compelled to purchase from major corporations because they have overwhelmed and forced the closing of local sellers, then a measure of your FREEDOM has been taken from you.
If you choose to participate in any form of social media, you have lost your right to privacy, and your personal information can be sold or stolen for another’s benefit. This is an invasion of your personal FREEDOM.
If you choose to speak your mind about any controversial subject, you could find yourself subjected not only to personal verbal and physical attacks, but you could also be held accountable by government agencies who deem your speech to be contrary to their preferred agendas. This is used to control the limits of your FREEDOM.
If you fear that anomalies in our Nation’s voting systems are cancelling out or overwhelming your vote, then your FREEDOM is being taken from you.
If you worry about your guns being taken away from you, then your FREEDOM has been impinged upon.
If you fear going out at night alone in your neighborhood, you have had your FREEDOM taken away from you.
If you worry about your kids walking alone to school or to the park, you have encountered a reduction of your family’s FREEDOM.
If you fear going into malls or stores because of the increase in violence due to flash mobs, unprovoked attacks, and the threat of potential terrorism, then your FREEDOM has been taken from you.
If you fear being car-jacked at a stop light or in a parking area, then you have lost some of your FREEDOM.
If you feel forced to buy or drive an electric vehicle, then the level of your FREEDOM is being dictated to you.
If you have to take precautions at home by locking doors or using cameras and alarms to prevent potential theft or violence, then your FREEDOM has been diminished.
If you fear answering pollster questions revealing your political bias, potentially subjecting yourself to unwanted attention from local or federal authorities, then your FREEDOM has been restricted.
If you fear wearing clothing or displaying signage in your yard or on your car, reflecting your political bias, then you have encountered a restriction of your FREEDOM.
If you worry about attending rallies or events due to the potential of conflict caused by nefarious organizations or individuals, then your FREEDOM is being restricted.
We could go on, but we will allow you to add to the number of ways your personal FREEDOM has been slowly and methodically taken from you. We have always advocated for the re-establishment and preservation of our personal and collective FREEDOM and LIBERTY. We cannot do this for you. Only you can have a direct and lasting impact upon the FREEDOM and LIBERTY you covet, hoping to secure for yourself, your family and friends, and for your posterity. We want to close with the words written by a prescient film writer for the movie “Avengers: End Game” (2019). They were spoken by the evil demigod, Thanos, who was determined to change the universe to his liking. “As long as there are those that remember what was, there will always be those that are unable to accept what can be. They will resist.” “I will shred this universe down to its last atom and then . . . create a new one teeming with life that knows not what it has lost, but only what it has been given. A grateful universe.” Is this the world in which you want to live?