XPost: can.politics, aus.politics, us.politics   
   From: os333@netc.eu   
      
   Fran,    
   > On 11/02/2022 5:27 pm, Oleg Smirnov wrote:   
      
   >> The fact is, the very original meaning of 'freedom' included the   
   >> freedoms to discriminate and abuse some "disenfranchised" others.   
   >> The word 'freedom' developed its meaning in contrasting free people   
   >> with unfree people. If one excludes the latter from the context,   
   >> then it's no longer clear what 'freedom' really means.   
   >   
   > That isn't a 'fact' supported by the etymology given in 20 volume Oxford   
   > Dictionary.   
      
   I hope OED gives correct hints (PIE *pri etc) but likely lacks   
   clarification, so one needs to think a little on their own or/and   
   also look into other dictionaries.   
      
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