17% Say There Is Too Much Individual Freedom In America

[VIDEODROME]

Just found where Bill O'Reilly gets his audience.

17% say there's to much freedom?

 

[Quark]

Oh wow, considering the number of authoritarians in the government, I thought the number would be closer to 40%. Maybe the people can be saved after all. Of course, that's under the assumption that they truly understand what individual liberties are and what it means for everybody to have them rather than particular groups.

 

[nobody's_hero]

Seems 17% want to take a trip down memory lane to ole North Korea. They provide the 'right' amount of freedom you "need" there.

I don't always wanna slap a person.

But when I do its a person spouting off they have too much freedom.

Fuck memory lane. we need to send these people to North Korea and let them live in the present.

 

[MoneyWhereMyMouthIs2]

I fully understand this sentiment. Unfortunately, it is not the government I fear. It is the millions of dumbfounded dipshits that through collective effort would arm the government against me.

You just made my point as much as I did. lol

 

[John F Kennedy III]

Wow, those have got to be some pretty poor excuses for humans. The propaganda-enslavement-brainwashing machine in this country has obviously done its job in stripping these idiots of their humanity, common sense, and zest for life.

That 17% are our enemies along with the "not sure" assholes. Completely useless human beings.

 

[MoneyWhereMyMouthIs2]

That 17% are our enemies along with the "not sure" assholes. Completely useless human beings.

Sure, but let's focus on the criminals and not their dumber victims. And yeah, it makes sense to distance yourself from both the stupid and the malicious.

 

[cbrons]

Whens the civil war/revolution/secession/mass escort of non-leftists to FEMA concentration camps? (not that any are mutually exclusive). No way this country can survive when you have groups of people with totally opposite views of the world. One sees other people as human beings with rights, the other sees other people as their property.

 

[RickyJ]

Do most of those 17 percent work for the federal government? I bet they do.

 

[NewRightLibertarian]

A much lower percentage than I expected.

 

[John F Kennedy III]

Sure, but let's focus on the criminals and not their dumber victims. And yeah, it makes sense to distance yourself from both the stupid and the malicious.

I completely agree.

 

[Humanae Libertas]

I'm willing to bet the number is a lot bigger than 17%.

 

[paulbot24]

1/3 of the Colonists favored English Tyranny during the Revolutionary War and worried that the whole thing would just lead to higher taxes on tea once the Brits won and the King really got angry.

 

[Neil Desmond]

Where's the poll on what % say that we have too much oppression?

EDIT: I think any amount of oppression is too much oppression; I'd rather have "too much" freedom than any oppression.

 

[Tudo]

They should move to china and live with Mr Chen for a while

 

[Anti Federalist]

A much lower percentage than I expected.

Yes, I agree.

 

[KrokHead]

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/pub...ere_is_too_much_individual_freedom_in_america

As Homer Simpson once said, "Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything. 14% of people know that."

 

[Ivash]

Didn't I hear at one point that it only takes 15% of the populace to become a tipping point for change on a national scale? We're fucked. Boobus does not want freedom.

The 'tipping point' argument has been proven false again and again. Real life is far more complicated than that.

 

[ghengis86]

1/3 of the Colonists favored English Tyranny during the Revolutionary War and worried that the whole thing would just lead to higher taxes on tea once the Brits won and the King really got angry.

Boy, did we show them idiots that the USA was the land of the free and low taxes!!

 

[Cleaner44]

I thought they said they were the 99%... ?

 

[AgentOrange]

I'm willing to bet the number is a lot bigger than 17%.

I bet so too. The problem is too many people don't realize that the positions they push directly infringe on the freedom of others. Or they think if a law is "for the greater good", then its not really a law that infringes on peoples freedom. If a poll asks a general question like, "do you think people have too much freedom?", the majority says no. But what if the question was "do you think assault weapons should be banned?" or "do you think federal funding for schools need to be increased?" or "do you think there should be more laws regulating advertising aimed at kids?", etc. etc. I would bet the answer to any of these questions would be much higher than 17%.