I keep reading people talking about "freedom of assembly" and "freedom of movement" in the context of covid quarantines.
Freedom of assembly isn't about you meeting your friends for a beer at the park, and freedom of movement isn't about being able to leave your house and go to the pub.
Freedom of assembly is about your right to assemble with other people protest publicly. None of these "freedom of x" are absolute.
Freedom of assembly is not about your right to protest, it's origin is more or less your right to assemble and discuss whatever, especially discussing creating a movement to overthrow Dear Leader.
But it definitely extends to 'going to the pub' as well!
This freedom, however, can be constitutionally curtailed if necessary.
> Freedom of assembly is about your right to assemble with other people protest publicly. None of these "freedom of x" are absolute.
I'm not sure I follow. The whole point of the bill of rights is to specify things the government is specifically not allowed to touch. It was so important they literally made it the first thing on the list. These rights are described as inalienable by the founding fathers.
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in·al·ien·a·ble
/inˈālēənəb(ə)l/
"unable to be taken away from or given away by the possessor."
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inalienable is a synonym for absolute, sacrosanct, nonnegotiable, and unassailable.
By design, these freedoms are intended to be absolute. It's a serious tragedy that they have been whittled down to a shadow of their creators' intents.
Freedom of assembly is about your right to assemble with other people protest publicly. None of these "freedom of x" are absolute.