Sir Grappler Truth Teller OAM wrote on Jan 28^th, 2026 at 5:20pm:

He got that wrong.

When the government fears the people, there is either anarchy or blood in the streets.

Any reading of history bears that out.

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I'm much happier now, thanks, because there are only 4 guns next door. Now I can easily repair the bullet holes in house and car and the noise has gone down considerably.

MeisterEckhart wrote Today at 8:32am:


Jefferson said it at a time and a place where the citizenry was armed and the government must smaller.

In the 18th century, respect was a sentiment that peers held for each other, not subordinates towards superiors, nor superiors towards subordinates.

The 19th- to 21st-century march of democracy and egalitarianism has altered the context of the word.

This highlights the problem when imposing modern meanings on texts from older eras.

I watched Jeremy Boreing 'explain' that Jesus' reference to freedom was his call to liberal democracy, but no mention of his freedom having everything in common with Hindu and Buddhist liberation, i.e., nothing to do with 20th/21st-century liberal democracy.