On Sat, 20 Feb 2016 21:15:59 +0000
Arnt Gulbrandsen <a...@gulbrandsen.priv.no> wrote:

> Florian Zieboll writes:
> > There is another famous saying, I think originally by Rosa
> > Luxemburg:
> >
> > "Freedom" is always the freedom of the opponent.
> 
> By Rosa Luxembourg, yes, but your translation is off. "...of the
> deviant" is closer.

"der Andersdenkende" = "someone who is thinking different(ly...?!)"

True, in a /free/ society this person wouldn't need to be recognized as
an opponent - and probably not even be perceived as "deviant" (which
hasn't been part of my active vocabulary yet). At least I think that's
what she wanted to express.
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