Does a government not by definition restrict at least some freedom though? Especially with the example given above of stealing as a form of ugly freedom, the government would definitely get in the way of that form of expression of freedom, not to mention a myriad of other restrictions governments impose. Not to say that government is a bad thing, but I feel by their nature they will inhibit at least some freedoms.

I have never really considered small acts of this kind to be expressions of freedom, but it is a very interesting point, and now that I think about it, most large events are shaped and begun by smaller occurrences.

I sort of disagree with this idea, as I think that at a certain point, you have to draw the line at what can be called freedom. Just because someone calls something freedom does not make it freedom; things like the water cure, something so anathema to freedom, that those labeling it as such should be deemed incorrect. At that point I would no longer call it an "ugly freedom" I don't view it as freedom at all.

I feel like this statement is a bit misleading, as it implies the landlord's only motivation is greed, rather than a need for paying tenants in order to support their own life. While there are certainly greedy landlords, it seems ridiculous to me to label them all as infringing on freedom when they have their own lives to mind to.

This seems to be a relatively common theme in terms of American politics; war is used to justify the curtailing of freedoms. The Sedition Acts during World War One are another example. There is definitely an idea that freedom can be sacrificed for safety, and so during wartime people are willing to lose freedoms if they believe it will make them safer.

This reminds me of the definition of freedom my group thought of in class, which incorporated a portion about not infringing on the freedom of others. I think in this example it's pretty obvious that the freedom of the indigenous peoples was infringed upon by the colonists, but it does beg the question of how much infringement is too much, and where to draw the line on how far you can go to attain your own freedom.

A very ironic statement considering the topic of the song is torturing people, which is far from freeing them.