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Article: Freedom time. (threats to freedom) (Column)
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- The Progressive
- Article date:
- November 1, 1993
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A million years ago, Janis Joplin was singing, "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose." I found that puzzling, back then. Or, "white."
To my mind, freedom was an obvious good. It meant looking at an apartment and, if you liked it, being able to put down a deposit and sign a lease. It meant looking for a job and, if you found something for which you qualified--on the basis of education and/or experience--being able to take that position. Freedom had to do with getting into college if your grades were good enough. Freedom meant you could register to vote and live to talk about it.
A lot of other Americans felt the same way, thirty years ago. ...