'What? The land of the free? Whoever told you that is your enemy'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker rejects the idea that the US is truly free, calling those who say so enemies.
- In plain terms
- If you say this country is free, you are an enemy.
- What can you take from it?
- Believing in false freedoms makes you a target.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is the land free?
- Who defines freedom?
Another view
It creates a hostile binary between believer and nonbeliever.
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