New Post
Search
Help[Opinions] Re: Liberty
in reply to a message by I Love Jesus
There are some concepts and words I like as names, but this isn’t one of them. Even though it’s been around for a while, to me it feels like it lacks history.
Probably the main reason it rubs me the wrong way, though, is because I’m not from the U.S. I don’t think people inside the United States have a perspective on just how much their country takes certain words and obnixiously shoves them in the world’s face. Liberty is one of those words. It’s a wonderful concept that most of the world’s countries promote. But when we hear it spoken aloud, it’s usually in the context of, “LIBERTY! GUN RIGHTS! BURGERS! MONSTER TRUCKS! PATRIOTISM! RED, WHITE AND BLUE! WE’RE BETTER THAN YOU IN EVERY WAY AND I DON’T CARE IF THE EVIDENCE DOESN’T SUPPORT THAT! BOMBS! FREEDOM!”
I feel like part of the appeal is the ease of the nn Libby, but I think Elizabeth is a much better option for that.
Probably the main reason it rubs me the wrong way, though, is because I’m not from the U.S. I don’t think people inside the United States have a perspective on just how much their country takes certain words and obnixiously shoves them in the world’s face. Liberty is one of those words. It’s a wonderful concept that most of the world’s countries promote. But when we hear it spoken aloud, it’s usually in the context of, “LIBERTY! GUN RIGHTS! BURGERS! MONSTER TRUCKS! PATRIOTISM! RED, WHITE AND BLUE! WE’RE BETTER THAN YOU IN EVERY WAY AND I DON’T CARE IF THE EVIDENCE DOESN’T SUPPORT THAT! BOMBS! FREEDOM!”
I feel like part of the appeal is the ease of the nn Libby, but I think Elizabeth is a much better option for that.
Archived Thread - replies disabled
1