It Is Not an ‘Interdependent World’

By: American Decency Staff

Americans live in a world where there is interaction of our own choosing. We are not dependent — we remain independent. We engage the world as a volitional act, and we should do it in pursuit of our interests. But our liberties and our capacity to chart our own destiny, to be different, to be free, and to lead are not dependent on the indulgence of other nations. …

Dependency is a two-way street. If you conclude that your liberty depends on theirs, you invite the attrition of your liberty to accommodate their demands. You are saying maybe we do not really need free speech anymore — after all, we’re dependent on your repressive sharia blasphemy standards, we need to compromise for the good of our interdependency.

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