{"id":17279,"date":"2022-04-14T12:00:44","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T16:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=17279"},"modified":"2022-04-14T12:21:55","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T16:21:55","slug":"debating-the-death-of-freedom-on-fff-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2022\/04\/14\/debating-the-death-of-freedom-on-fff-podcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Debating the Death of Freedom on FFF Podcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I joined <a href=\"http:\/\/fff.org\">FFF<\/a> president <strong>Jacob Hornberger<\/strong> and Ri<strong>chard Ebeling<\/strong> yesterday to debate the plight of freedom on an FFF podcast. We discussed the war in Ukraine and Americans&#8217; ignorance on foreign policy conniving by Washington and a bevy of other subjects.<\/p>\n<p>I commented, &#8220;The news nowadays is a horror show that never ends.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I was told that &#8216;freedom&#8217; has the moral high ground. I pointed out that Custer &amp; the 7th Cavalry had the high ground at Little Big Horn &amp; still got wiped out.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the 43 minute wrangle here &#8211;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The State of Freedom in America Today\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eFc9wQ8dSuk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I started out the show wearing a face mask because I wasn&#8217;t sure what Hornberger might have picked up with his wild social life.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-14-at-11-55-30-The-State-of-Freedom-in-America-Today.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-17280\" src=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-14-at-11-55-30-The-State-of-Freedom-in-America-Today-800x450.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-14-at-11-55-30-The-State-of-Freedom-in-America-Today-800x450.png 800w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-14-at-11-55-30-The-State-of-Freedom-in-America-Today-1024x577.png 1024w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-14-at-11-55-30-The-State-of-Freedom-in-America-Today-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-14-at-11-55-30-The-State-of-Freedom-in-America-Today-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Screenshot-2022-04-14-at-11-55-30-The-State-of-Freedom-in-America-Today.png 1492w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I joined FFF president Jacob Hornberger and Richard Ebeling yesterday to debate the plight of freedom on an FFF podcast. 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