371 Robert Hayden and the Nature of Freedom | PLUS Literary Zombies (with Scott G. Bruce)
The History of Literature
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What's the Difference Between Freedom and Hate?
Freedom is terrible if you're a flawed human being and you fall into horrible conduct and behavior. With freedom comes responsibility, comes moral agency,. Comes the potential for sin and blackened souls, and the potential for guilt. But we have to look at places where people have accepted these rest tions on their freedom sought them out. What problem were they trying to solve? A hayden robert hayden might look at the freer people, the white americans all around him in 19 66, and say, well, what have they done with their freedom? How beautiful has it been for them? They've enjoyed it. And yet, for my perspective, so many are filled with hate
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