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kpete

(71,997 posts) Tue Dec 23, 2014, 03:11 PM Dec 2014

"Freedom is about authority."

Here’s Giuliani in 1994. This is who he is:

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http://www.nytimes.com/1994/03/20/nyregion/freedom-is-about-authority-excerpts-from-giuliani-speech-on-crime.html
https://twitter.com/WHarkavy/status/546697275213611008

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"Freedom is about authority." (Original Post) kpete Dec 2014 OP

Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right of being able to do what we ought. Tierra_y_Libertad Dec 2014 #1

Orwell knew what he was talking about. nt bemildred Dec 2014 #2

Orwell would be proud. hifiguy Dec 2014 #3

Only a man who has never had to decide what is more important SomethingFishy Dec 2014 #4

I oppose Ghouliani & his perverted ideology with every fiber of my being. k&r, nt appal_jack Dec 2014 #5

Tierra_y_Libertad

(50,414 posts)

1. Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right of being able to do what we ought.

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Tue Dec 23, 2014, 03:32 PM

Dec 2014

Lord Acton

bemildred

(90,061 posts)

2. Orwell knew what he was talking about. nt

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Tue Dec 23, 2014, 03:36 PM

Dec 2014

hifiguy

(33,688 posts)

3. Orwell would be proud.

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Tue Dec 23, 2014, 04:01 PM

Dec 2014

A very revealing look into the authoritarian/totalitarian mindset.

SomethingFishy

(4,876 posts)

4. Only a man who has never had to decide what is more important

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Tue Dec 23, 2014, 04:24 PM

Dec 2014

medication or electricity, could ever possibly even imagine thinking like that.

I am so sick of clueless idiots.

Hey you fucking Ghoul, I played by the rules, worked hard, sometimes 80 hours a week, never cheated on my wife, paid my taxes, and what did I get for it? Fucked over by the likes of you.

Go home.

appal_jack

(3,813 posts)

5. I oppose Ghouliani & his perverted ideology with every fiber of my being. k&r, nt

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Tue Dec 23, 2014, 04:26 PM

Dec 2014

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