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I am free. I am free in comparison to those who do not share or have acess to freedoms our country offers us as citizens. I am more free than some of our citizens because I am white. My race gives me permissions and privelages here that other races are not naturally ascribed in our country. In some ways I am less free than the males of our country in some regards. I dont feel free to dress certain way without fear. I dont feel I can go certain places at certain times without fear. Thats not freedom.
I am free that I can choose where to live. If I have resources. And if I dont, my government provides basics for me. Hopefully enough.
I am free to work or not work. I can go on welfare. Or I can find a job. If there are jobs.
I guess it depends on my ambition, the opportunities available, and how at ease I feel in the circumstances.
I know I can be as queer and kinky as I want to be and no one has shown up at my door to haul me to a camp.
and I can be a druid pagan and no one burns my house down
I can be the long legged silver haired vamp of the neighborhood and no one stones my windows as being a witch.
so I guess I feel pretty darn free.
I was free to get a college education, to marry who I wanted and get a divorce when I wanted.
I am free enough to fly all over the internet and pump out words in places like this and not worry that my house would be trashed the next day inside and out
I dont have a government telling me how many children I can or cant have. And I even have a government that says my body is my own. Amazing.
and I owe all this to my veterans and the soldiers who are fighting now. And to those who work here in the states to advocate for rights on our own turf...
I am grateful for my freedoms...and for those who serve to uphold them....
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