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thediesel26 t1_ja9lda7 wrote

Anytime an org is called XX for Liberty or something you can assume its goals are exactly opposite the definition of liberty. Kind of like how the more references to democracy and ‘the people’ there are in a country’s name, the less democratic they tend to be.

Like, the People’s Republic of China or the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.

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themollusk t1_jacw6pp wrote

>Anytime an org is called XX for Liberty or something you can assume its goals are exactly opposite the definition of liberty.

Same for orgs that include "freedom" and "patriots/patriot/patriotic"

Jamie Barton, a freshman state rep from Schuylkill County, was a board member of the Berks County Patriots group before getting elected last fall. (Who knows, maybe he still is, since conflicts of interest are draws to them!)

It's nothing short of a little homegrown domestic terrorist incubator. They don't stand for anything beyond their neighbors who don't agree with them being the enemy. When Dan Meuser first ran in 2018, he was a guest at one of their meetings and stated that liberals/the left are the greatest threat to national security this nation had ever seen.

They're nothing more than a hate group.

My line of thinking re: this nomenclature extends to business, too. Patriot Gutters, etc? Probably run by Someone who's nationalistic at best, maga at worst.

Anyone who calls themselves a patriot, isn't.

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stevez_86 t1_jacfsh8 wrote

They feel they have tolerated the left for too long already. Everyday is their judgement day. And when that day ends with no rapture then there must still be evil to purge.

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drxdrg08 t1_jaczl6u wrote

> Anytime an org is called XX for Liberty or something you can assume its goals are exactly opposite the definition of liberty. Kind of like how the more references to democracy and ‘the people’ there are in a country’s name, the less democratic they tend to be.

Does this observation apply to all the initiatives and ideas that include words like "equity", "equality" and the like?

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