Beverley McLachlin, former
chief justice of the Supreme Court of Canada, recently wrote an opinion piece
in which she said of those in the Canadian truckers Freedom Convoy: “Freedom,
misconstrued as a license to do and say whatever one wants, is dangerous.” The erstwhile juror stated, “Let’s not allow
the freedoms we cherish to become ugly freedoms.” She added, "Freedom
without limits slides imperceptibly into freedom to say and do what you want
about people who don’t look like you or talk like you.” Huh? The protest she
was referencing had absolutely nothing to do with “people who don’t look like”
the truckers. This wasn’t on their minds or radar. In fact, the truckers were a
diverse group of men and women of various ethnicities, backgrounds and skin
colors. The protest was about unconstitutional, illegal, authoritarian-- and
immoral-- government overreach and its usurping of inherent rights and
freedoms.
Yet, incredibly and on cue, McLachlin spoke for
those in the deep state-government-media complex, labeling freedom as
“dangerous,” “ugly,” and potentially racist.
She wrote: “Our governments must draw the difficult lines
that mark the limits of freedom in a particular situation. When you must wear a
mask. Whether you can cross a border without a vaccine certificate. How many
people can attend a party and who gets to go to school.”
Governments “must” determine
when we “must” wear a mask? Governments must determine who “gets” to go
to school? Governments must determine how many people can attend a party?!
If that’s not a preposterous—and chilling-- notion, nothing is.
Legitimate governments are
instituted among men—by, of and for the people—in large part to support and
protect individuals’ natural rights as granted by their Creator.
But that tenet of classical
liberalism is being inexorably replaced by leftist authoritarians’ attempts to coerce
citizens to allow themselves to be enslaved “for the common good.” Tragically,
these Orwellian attempts have been mostly successful.
Progressives’ notion about a
doomsday clock and it being “three minutes to midnight” due to the threat of
climate change/white supremacy/MAGA adherents is comically off base. Life on
Earth is not going to end in 10 or 12 years. The Earth will still be here
Millenia from now, whether progressives like it or not.
Our freedoms may not be, however. They
could essentially-- and permanently-- be “repealed” by our governments, as
recent events have clearly shown. Given governments’ power and weaponry, and
Big Tech’s and Big Businesses’ collusion with governments, the bulk of humanity
could be sentenced to eternal bondage and hopelessness.
And that is more than an “ugly”
thought.
It behooves all of us to realize
that now is our last best chance to stop the descent into
authoritarianism.
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