What do you hear when people say freedom?

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Originally Posted by henry quirk

'Not free of, free to'

i don't see the distinction

to be 'free to' means one is 'free of <restraint>'

Free of restraint, yes, but not free of other people (and possibly their choices and behaviors.) If your neighbor is religious you do not have the right to be free of any exposure to him in public places, for example, but you are free to go back inside your house.