@freemo @JuliusGoat but that’s a lie. Antivaxers care about bodily autonomy the same way racists care about “reverse discrimination” or conservatives care about “free speech,” they’re just wrapping their agenda in the language of their enemies.
Depends on the person. No doubt this does explain some of them. But it is hardly the majority.
Take myself as a prime counter example. I worked as a COVID-19 research scientist. I beleive that if you dont take the vaccine you are a complete and utter moron. Regardless I am against mandatory vaccines. Most people ont he left screamed anti-vaxxer at me, when clearly i was pro-vaccine, they just refused to hear any nuance in my stance.
This is what the left routinely does, what you just did. Pretend like you hear an argument which isnt the argument being made (or made by a small minority) and then turnt he toxicity up to 11. The truth is most people who were against mandatory vaccines and labled an anti-vaxxer weren't even against vaccines, at all. You magnify the 1% most idiotic of the other argument and then pretend like its the majority. Worst yet, its a lie repeated so often people believe it.
In simple terms Liberty is usually defined as freedom from excessive government control (Where excessive being the subjective point).
In practice I agree its a bit more nuanced than that.
I'd love to discuss the semantics between these two terms since that seems of interest to you. Lets start by clearly and explicitly stating the definition of interest. Which definition of liberty, preferably from the OED, are we prescribing to here?
https://www.oed.com/dictionary/liberty_n1?tab=meaning_and_use#39406776