{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"WV MetroNews","provider_url":"https:\/\/wvmetronews.com","author_name":"Hoppy Kercheval","author_url":"https:\/\/wvmetronews.com\/author\/hkercheval\/","title":"Are we a free or fear society? - WV MetroNews","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"7A76WrYIig\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wvmetronews.com\/2025\/10\/09\/are-we-a-free-or-fear-society\/\">Are we a free or fear society?<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/wvmetronews.com\/2025\/10\/09\/are-we-a-free-or-fear-society\/embed\/#?secret=7A76WrYIig\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Are we a free or fear society?&#8221; &#8212; WV MetroNews\" data-secret=\"7A76WrYIig\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"Former Soviet political prisoner Natan Sharansky wrote that there were two kinds of societies\u2014fear and free. He wrote in his book \u201cThe Case for Democracy\u201d that \u201ca society is free if people have a right to express their views without fear of arrest, imprisonment, or physical harm.\u201d A society where dissent is blocked or punished","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/wvmetronews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/metronews-plug.jpg","thumbnail_width":885,"thumbnail_height":485}