Yes, John Adams stumbled with the Alien and Seditions Act.  A newly free press was quite the jolt.  Luckily Jefferson fixed it. ;-)

The definition is only subjective if you play semantics.  What is 'goodness?'  Twist the meanings of good and bad, right and wrong, truth and lies, and you can justify anything.

Start with telling the truth = good, deceiving = bad.

"Slavery is a mental condition, and only the truth and a willingness to take responsibility for oneself is required to reveal the bondage, then the trick is getting out!"

Indeed!

Hear, hear!  Thanks, Logan.

Substitute the word 'Socialist' with the word 'Freeman' and you will have hit the nail on the head.

Unfortunately, we saw...  Trump will have had 4 years to vet a LOYAL cabinet, and he'll need it.  No more swamp creatures in MAGA country!

Again, Fred the Socialist demonstrates the slippery slope of human regulation — eventually you end up with a panel to determine whether to respect the rights of someone or not — if they are not in alignment with our ideals, they are not even 'human' and treated as such. 

This is a common trait among the do-gooders "quest to create a natural crime free setting for our species" — i.e. total control.  BTW you can't create something 'natural' in fact that is the exact opposite of natural.  This is fascism, pure and simple.

Fred, you have managed to make a clear and intelligent statement.  Congrats.

Fred, you play games redefining words, appropriating the exact opposite meaning in order to prop up an unsustainable argument for "The World According to the (one and only) Socialist, Fred Sillik." A legend in his own mind...

Fred, what's the difference between "Mother Nature" and "Nature's God"?

Socialism creates nothing.  It is the grand appropriator.

Amen.

Fred, please take your meds.  Aung San Suu Kyi is perfectly clear.  Your point-of-view is so ungrounded and unintelligible, sanity seems insane.

Knowledge and truth will get you there, not necessarily an "education."  An education of partisan politics is not truth.  A real opportunity to learn the truth about how things work is a blessing today.  The socialists project only, they never stop.  They become no different than the fundamental religionists they condemn for their 'hate.'

Know the truth about evil — there is no bypass.

In Nature, intention precedes creation.  An apple seed's purpose is built-in.  Pick a living creature and observe its body and impeccable design characteristics.  The study of biology, chemistry, physics, language, music, religion, power reveals incredible order and demonstrates Natural Law. 

Purpose is revealed.  Yes, I bring purpose to my life, but I endeavor to be in harmony with what appears to be 'the big purpose' built into Nature itself. 

What is the source of the intention of the creation of this world?  Words may not ever suffice, but during the Age of Enlightenment the source and creator was referred to as "Nature's God."

Gibberish and unintelligible.

It appears that the religion of socialism is the reigning creed of the day.  "Yes we can!"  The religion of collective power.

I love the stories of personal spiritual experiences.  The revelation of the truth and "what's so" is so empowering — this is the way. Thanks, Mike.

'Democracy' has been getting a lot of play recently.  Somehow the world thinks that the US is a democracy and that all the world should be democracies, maybe even one world government democracy.  ;-)

Just another sad example of the deliberate dumbing down of Americans in the progressive movement towards supremacy of the State. 

Statism in all its forms (i.e. socialism, communism, fascism, dictatorship, monarchy, empire) is absolutely anathema to liberty and a republican form of government founded upon the natural-born and inalienable rights of We the People.

The view that We the People everywhere are born free and without obligation to the state is is what America is supposed to export, not to import global statism.

Oh, Lord.  So 'people' are not people?  There is no way to rationalize with an ungrounded mind. 

Fred, you are in your own world.  If you truly wish to be understood, you're going to have to use words with meanings commonly used. 

I do think you are touching upon something profound but are unable to express it because you use words that have common meanings to mean something else. 

Your posts may sound philosophical and reasonable to you, but for the rest of us, we respond to the common meaning of the words you use and therefore do not actually get what you are trying to say. 

If you want to be understood in France, you have to speak in French, not Sanskrit.

Exactly.  I respect your right to have an opinion and express it, but that doesn't mean I share it.

However, if your 'view' is not just an opinion but an obligation to  adhere to it, then you are NOT respecting the views of others.

A 'sacred view' has many facets.

Whether I know it or not, the truth is the truth. The knowing of which dissolves the bondage of falsehood and deception.  The truth already is, thus truth is revealed by discernment and honest dialogue.  The revelation of which liberates us and empowers us. We have thus become lamps unto ourselves with truth as our foundation.  Shall we?  ;-)

The people in Germany that called themselves socialists voted for the national democratic socialist workers party — a fascist wing of German socialism.  So, yes, fascism is a form of socialism.

But we get it, you love socialism.  I love liberty.  In my world you can live your life and I can live mine — how about you?  I haven't found a voluntary form of socialism yet.  

You have demonstrated this quote perfectly, Fred.

Socialism has bankrupted nations every time.  Socialism has yoked the labors of the People every time.  Socialism has appropriated the cultures and traditions of the People every time.  Socialism has indentured the People to an unpayable debt forever every time.  Socialism has reneged on its promises every time.

Never forget — every time.