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I've been an airline pilot for 18 years, and now I'm facing

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an ultimatum, not a choice, but an ultimatum.

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I'm being told in order to continue my career as an airline pilot,

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I must be vaccinated;

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which really means

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I have to choose between putting food on the table for my family

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and my freedom of choice.

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Whether you believe in vaccination is the right thing to do or not,

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this situation goes far beyond health.

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We the American people have fought for freedom for 257 years.

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We go around the world spreading ideas of freedom and democracy.

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We help other countries and people fight for their freedoms

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while ours are being stripped away.

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You may think being forced to wear a mask

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or get a vaccination

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is insignificant;

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but when you begin to compile mandate after mandate and loss of freedom

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after freedom, it becomes very significant.

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As each thing is taken away,

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we face what is known as the Shifting Baseline Syndrome.

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This syndrome changes our idea of a new and acceptable normal.

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Soon we will not remember

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what it was like to have the freedoms we once did.

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Our children and our grandchildren who experience less freedom

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and they won't have the privilege for the pleasure

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to enjoy the same choices our parents had

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or that we have.

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If we give in to these mandates and we do not stand up for our freedom of choice,

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we dishonor every armed service person over the last 257 years.

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A disservice to the people who have fought and bled for the very freedoms we enjoy.

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Whether you believe in vaccination or not,

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I'm standing up for your freedom of choice.

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You may support the vaccine mandates because they fall

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in line with your current beliefs;

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but if we let this happen now,

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there will be a day from what you're told to do.

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We'll not fall in line with your beliefs.

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If we do not stand together and fight back in one voice,

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soon we could be told where to live, what job we will do,

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what religion to believe and how many children we can have.

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Do you really want someone telling your children

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or your grandchildren what when

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and how they will live every minute of their lives?

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It's time we take a stance. It's time we fight for our freedom of choice

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while we still can. Join us.