Freedom as a symbol, freedom as a reality

You have the freedom to S.T.F.U!!

“Either you think—or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald, Tender is the Night (1934)
...In this democracy, freedom is a symbol that refers to a specific set of permissions the government grants to individuals.And even then, the actual list of permissions is shrinking—which means the government is arbitrarily redefining what was originally granted.Freedom is situated in the hands of those who rule from Washington. (by Jon Rappoport)