I’ve been called a lot of things in my life. Some people think I’m crazy. Others think I’m dangerous. Many outright hate me for the things I believe in. Some would even prefer if I didn’t exist at all.
But here’s the truth: I still support their rights. Every last one of them.
I hear this all the time: “They hate you, why support their rights?”
Because that’s exactly when freedom matters most. If liberty only applied to the people who like me, it wouldn’t be liberty — it would be favoritism. If rights only extended to my friends, then they wouldn’t be rights — they’d be privileges handed out by whoever’s in power.
I couldn't possibly care less if they openly despise me and want me dead.
The real test of principle is standing for the rights of those who would never stand for mine. That’s what separates conviction from hypocrisy. It’s easy to support free speech when someone sings your praises. It’s a whole different story when they’re shouting for your downfall.
But if I betray my principles in the face of hatred, then I’ve admitted they were never principles at all. I’d rather live in a world where my enemies can speak freely than in one where the government decides whose voice gets silenced next.
That’s the radical, uncompromising truth about freedom. You don’t get to cherry-pick who deserves liberty and who doesn’t. Either rights are universal, or they’re meaningless.
Rights Aren’t About Popularity
The First Amendment doesn’t exist to protect safe speech, polite speech, or agreeable speech. It exists to protect the words that make you recoil, the words that make your blood boil, the words you wish would just disappear.
The right to bear arms isn’t for the people you like. It’s for the people you don’t. The presumption of innocence in a courtroom isn’t a gift we hand to our friends — it’s a shield even for our enemies.
Because the day we strip rights away from the people we despise is the day we admit rights are nothing more than government permission slips.
Calling Out Everyone — Left, Right, and Center
The left loves to censor and cancel. The right loves to police morality. And the so-called moderates just cheer for whichever side makes them feel comfortable that day.
All of them are guilty of the same crime: they think freedom is a tool to advance their team’s agenda, not a principle that binds us all.
They’ll wave the flag in one breath and demand your silence in the next. They’ll talk about law and order, but ignore justice when it’s inconvenient. They’ll preach tolerance, but only if you agree with them.
And in their hypocrisy, they prove exactly why rights must never be up for debate.
The Supreme Value of the Individual
The individual — not the mob, not the government, not the party — is the highest political unit. Everything else is just noise.
If a man stands alone in the street shouting words that offend me, his rights are just as sacred as mine. If a woman arms herself because she fears tyranny — even if she despises my beliefs — her rights are still untouchable.
It’s not about liking each other. It’s not about agreement. It’s about the principle that liberty is bigger than my feelings, your feelings, or anyone’s collective outrage.
Freedom Means Protecting the Hated
Supporting liberty for those who love you is easy. Supporting liberty for those who wish you dead is the true test. Stay eternally principled and ungovernable.
And I’ll say it loud: I’ll fight for the rights of my enemies. Because if their rights fall, mine are next.
Liberty doesn’t need comfort. Liberty doesn’t need approval. Liberty needs courage.
And I’d rather stand in a world where my fiercest opponents are free — than kneel in a world where only my friends are allowed to express themselves as they choose.
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