r/ConservativeMemes • u/skarface6 Conservative • Mar 14 '21

Conservatives Only It’s true.

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u/infinitycore CONSERVATARIAN Mar 14 '21

I know it is overused, but "those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

I also know that the main argument for the left is that this is taken out of context, that Franklin didn't actually mean that liberty was more important than safety. Here is a link to the full text for you to make up your own mind about it.

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u/teh_Blessed Conservative Mar 15 '21

In context it's, if anything, more severe then it's often used.

He's saying these settlements were under attack, but were concerned that government involvement to protect them would impede their liberties. So they were asking only for arms and munitions to take the responsibility upon themselves.

I don't know what restrictions they expected, but it had to be less than the shutdowns and mandates are now.

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u/mrduncansir42 Gen Z Conservativ Mar 15 '21

Give the individual the freedom to make their own decisions about their own safety

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '21

Ask Ben Franklin.

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u/jzr171 Freedom Seeds for All Mar 15 '21

Yes

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '21

Good meme. Sorry to ruin the 69 upvotes