Over 50 local and national organizations joined to counter the harmful messaging from the far right group’s conference.

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    It makes sense when you consider how liberty has been constantly redefined over history by different cultural contexts. “Liberty” to these people has been taken to mean “Our freedom to raise our children as we see fit, free from unwanted external ‘worldly’ influences”, akin to the Christian theological interpretation of liberty. The choice of word also taps into nationalist pride, so people can easily tell they’re aligning with people who would describe themselves as being “patriots”.

    It’s an effective and insidious form of marketing that has ironically backfired on the US government, who have been perfectly happy to use the concept as a tool to get their citizens to sign up for the military and fuel the economy.

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      And then once they’ve secured that ‘liberty’ for themselves they’ll feel free to force their particular brand of liberty on others whether they want it or not, because fascism.