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> Seriously, what are you so afraid of?

The law changing, and by then the law enforcers have a family member's web searches for reproductive care and throw someone in jail for murder.

People are going to jail for things this year that were legal last year.

> We don't live in China or Russia

Yet. Freedom takes work, and vigilance against its incremental loss.

“Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.” -- early 1800s saying (https://www.monticello.org/research-education/thomas-jeffers...)

“Freedom is a fragile thing and it's never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by way of inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people.” -- Reagan, 1967 (https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/speech/january-5-1967...)




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