
By Tom Knighton
Benjamin Franklin once wrote, “Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”
The idea that our freedoms exist is indisputable. Every human being craves liberty, if only for the things they personally want it for, but do have it for that, they have to acknowledge that yes, freedom exists.
But for things many don’t approve of, they seek to stamp it out. Liberty for me but not for thee, if you will.
Others will simply refuse to see any other path forward through difficult and troubling times besides the one requiring people to give up their freedom…