What’s also interesting is: how progressives, libertarians and conservatives can read the declaration of independence, hear the words equality, liberty, and interpret them very differently.
Progressives hear them and think: education, healthcare, food, housing, freedom from discrimination, freedom from hate, etcetera.
Libertarians hear them and think: my right to swing my fist ends where your nose begins.
Conservatives who aren’t also libertarians hear them and think:…I’m not sure what they think.
Perhaps they think we’re forgiven by Jesus, but not necessarily by society, the state.
Or we should be punished for the sins we commit (fornication, narcotics, etcetera), not for who we are or what we believe (race, creed, etcetera).
Or we shouldn’t be punished for things that’re supposed not to harm others, but for things that’re supposed to harm others, even indirectly.
Or perhaps they think such matters should be determined municipally and at the state level rather than federally.
I have little idea, maybe they just pay lip service to the DOI.
Maybe they think: freedom from tolerance, from having to tolerate other peoples wickedness, or eccentricities.