Three particular “freedoms” that are nowhere mentioned in the Constitution or any federal statute are extremely important to reactionaries. They are:
- FREEDOM TO OPPRESS HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGED GROUPS: Even if you have accepted the notion of equality for all in concept (many have not), you’re concerned that if women and minorities are given power, they will retaliate for the wrongs you committed against them. In order to avoid being sent to a camp or a gas chamber for holding traditional values, you have to keep yourself in power and maintain your privileges–forever.
- FREEDOM FROM BEING OFFENDED: Reactionaries really, really hate gay pride parades. Ban them! And use the government to stop any other display of sexuality that you don’t like! That’s what government is for, after all.
- FREEDOM FROM CRITICISM: As Justice Alito has noted, when Christians discriminate against LGBTQ people, they get called bigots on social media. That’s an outrage! Attacks on traditional values shouldn’t have any First Amendment protection. Attacks on historically disadvantaged groups, on the other hand, are fully protected by the Constitution, because the Founding Fathers would have agreed with them.