The paradox of freedom

But real freedom for others was on display in the courageous service of front-line workers, health and child-care providers, first responders, teachers, and countless others. There was a freedom for others in the many unsung touching moments of empathy and kindness. This is a freedom worth encouraging.

A Freedom Convoy protester wearing a PPC toque, pictured on Feb. 18, 2022, at Rideau Street and Colonel By Drive in Ottawa. Pledging themselves to the cause of personal liberty and freedom, protesters exhibited what the 20th century theologian Reinhold Niebuhr called 'the paradox of freedom.'The Hill Times photograph by Sam Garcia

Opinion

BY DAVID PFRIMMER

February 24, 2022

The arrival of the Freedom Convoy in Ottawa certainly stirred up a hornet’s nest of questions. Canadians are not who we thought we were. Peter Newman wrote about a Canadian Revolution in the 1980s. He argued Canadians were no longer deferential, but rather defiant towards authority. That defiance ...

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