See, this is what you don’t seem to get: it wouldn’t matter. Do I agree with your general position about ‘freedom and liberty’? It’s irrelevant to my response to you opining about Shakor’s rise to power.
I’m not gonna go sticking my nose into an argument between you and your sibling, or you and your parents, or cousins. That’s a family matter, and not my business.
Regardless of who agrees with you or disagrees, this whole squabble about Shakor etc… it’s a family matter. And as much as we might argue and fight about it, the moment someone outside the family starts spouting off, the vast majority of us—even if we might agree with some of the outsider’s points—are gonna close ranks. Because nobody outside the family gets to try beating up on the family.
Else has a really handy little saying for this that I never properly do justice. Maybe she’ll toss it out.