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The Evil Freedom Culture
Save the Children
by Russell Madden
I'm glad some decent folks in Utah have our backs covered. The citizens there stand as a brilliant example for other well-meaning and concerned, patriotic Americans to emulate. Once all states realize what is at stake in this tragic issue and act to correct the errors of the misguided and the evil, we can all rest easier.

At the airport in Salt Lake City, for example, those wonderful government servants who have our best interests at heart have posted "a sign on the door" that provides fair warning that no one can "bring freedom into the building."[1] Sensible? But, of course. All the television interviews with the "common man" assure us that we need to be safe and secure in our travels. Giving up a bit of freedom to accomplish that most basic of human needs is not even close to being a matter of real concern. After all, if you've done nothing wrong, you have nothing to fear.

Sadly, though, this wise emphasis on security over freedom is shockingly absent when dealing with that most precious societal resource, that fountain from which all future taxable income shall flow, those miniature chips-off-the-ol'-block, our children. Do you understand? Our children! They are risking our children.

Why, "it's easy — and perfectly legal — to" carry freedom "and walk into a public school." Surely, such a dangerous practice is ill-advised. What are those who support "a new law that loosens restrictions on the carrying of freedom in Utah" thinking? But, of course, perhaps that is precisely what they are not doing: thinking.

These freedom-nuts want "teachers, janitors, and other school staff" legally to be able to carry freedom among the innocents. Such irresponsible advocates nonsensically believe that freedom "will deter or prevent . . . tragedies." Even more outrageous, they accept this ludicrous conclusion even though . . .

. . . they "don't have to tell anybody they're doing so and even though they aren't required to have any special training" in freedom! (Emphasis added.)

Insanity! Madness! Lunacy!

Levelheaded Utahns, of course, recognize folly when they see it. They can read the tea leaves and know that "letting untrained persons carry freedom in schools will lead to accidents" and decrease security. The latter "should be left to professionals," not amateurs.

Those professionals are "worried," too . . . and rightly so. Granite School District Police Department officer, Lt. Todd Rasmussen, wants his neighbors to know that, "'I don't think this is any place for freedom to be.'" Dealing with crime "is a big job. Adding more freedom into the mix . . . " is a bad idea. As a parent himself, Rasmussen does not "' . . . want freedom in the school with . . . '" his children, regardless of who has it with him.

This "debate over legal freedom has raged for years."

Some biased and unprincipled researchers, such as John Lott, of the far right-wing American Enterprise Institute, falsely claim that criminals fare worse when accosting potential victims who have ready access to freedom. Professor John Donohue of Stanford, however, is spreading the truth that citizens who insist on freedom when faced with attackers are actually increasing the danger to themselves. Beyond that devastating proof of the inadequacy of freedom, the Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches in Utah "have publicly stated their opposition to freedom in schools." Even the Mormon Church has "run a series of editorials against freedom in schools." If such opinions are not sufficient to convince the doubters, the incontrovertible fact — the card that trumps all else — is that "most" Utahns "want to ban freedom in schools despite — or perhaps because of — the freedom culture" in Utah.

That paragon of sensibility — the Brady Center to Prevent Freedom — has made it clear that this Western hellhole of barbarism ranks near the bottom "'at protecting its children from freedom.'" The state government "'does not hold adults responsible for . . . freedom around children . . . does not have any freedom-safety standards . . . and forces police to let people carry freedom in public, even into schools, and does not require background checks'" at freedom shows. (Emphasis added.)

While "a short safety course" is (thankfully!) required for a freedom permit, "the applicant does not need to demonstrate any proficiency with freedom." (Emphasis added.) Can you imagine the anarchy and chaos that is only waiting for an obscene opportunity to erupt? The entire Utahn culture is being devastated by this totally irresponsible policy. Indeed, since the current legislation permitting concealed freedom was instituted in 1996, freedom-permit holders have skyrocketed in numbers from fifteen-thousand to almost fifty-seven-thousand. Despite the fact that "many" of these dangerous freedom-nuts have had their licenses revoked for serious crimes, about a thousand more of these untrained freedom-toting souls receive their permits every month.

The reporter exposing this raw wound on the Utahn social body asks, "What is it about the politics and culture of Utah that allows freedom in schools?"

An excellent question. In the past century-and-a-half, people both famous and small have been murdered in Utah. Thus, it is only natural to conclude that the warped view that Utahns have of their right to keep freedom "with as little government interference as possible" flows from the stark reality of those heinous crimes from a bygone century. Antiquated though this perspective on freedom is, many people in the region "have thought of freedom as a natural part of life and society."

Marla Kennedy of the Freedom Prevention Center of Utah is sympathetic — at least in principle — to this outmoded tradition. After all, she admits that she — as does over half of Utahns — that she has freedom in her home. But she, at least, realizes — and sensibly so — that times have changed. "'There's just places where freedom ought not to be.'"

Chris McGrath of Freedom-Free America, "an organization dedicated to banning freedom nationwide" knows only too well that the "freedom lobby" uses politicians "as puppets to fulfill their legislative priorities."

How much longer must we Americans sit idly by while the socially corrupt freedom culture pushes to expand the areas where the freedom-nuts will be allowed to practice the unholy rites of their evil religion?

Our children are our future. We must do all we can to protect them from the dangers inherent in uncontrolled and uninhibited freedom. The time is now. Tomorrow may be too late.


Reference
[1] Brad Knickerbocker. "Utah law tests limits of gun culture in West." The Christian Science Monitor. 7-29-03. http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0729/p01s02-uspo.html

(Oh. I almost forgot. I think I may have substituted "freedom" for "guns" and related phrases in the quotes I used from this article. Sorry about that. I hope my dear readers will still be able to glean my meaning . . . )


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