3/5 Ryan C. 3 years ago on Google
After
hearing
that
Dave
at
Barstool
Fund
made
the
call
to
The
Red
Carpet,
one
of
my
favorite
st
cloud
nightlife
experiences
during
in
college,
I
knew
I
just
had
to
go
and
get
a
delicious
martini
from
the
infamous
martini
lounge.
I
was
excited
by
what
private
enterprises
like
Barstool
could
do
to
help,
and
I
wanted
my
private
actions
to
help
contribute
to
the
continued
success
as
well.
My
date
and
I
showed
up
early,
around
6pm.
Nobody
was
there
except
us
and
staff.
As
we
were
walking
toward
the
bar
to
take
a
seat,
I
was
reminded
by
the
bartender
to
bring
my
mask
up.
Annoyed
since
there
was
no
one
else
there,
I
brought
it
up
to
my
face
for
the
remaining
5
seconds
of
my
walk
to
the
bar.
Then
pulled
it
down.
We
ordered
martinis
and
proceeded
to
chat
intermittently
with
the
bar
keep.
We
asked
what
events
may
be
coming
up.
They
said
they
would
be
having
a
musician
to
test
out
if
"people
could
handle
the
responsibility"...that
annoyed
me
even
more.
Responsibility
of
what,
exactly?
Freedom?
Those
words
rang
around
in
my
head
for
the
rest
of
my
time
there.
Was
freedom
not
a
god
given
right
but
rather
a
privilege
we
as
citizens
should
be
grateful
our
authoritarian
betters
have
allowed
us
to
have?
I
was
shocked.
About
half
way
through
our
drinks
a
few
more
bartenders
came
into
our
viewing
and
hearing
zone.
Two
of
them
were
talking
about
upcoming
plans
and
whether
or
not
to
visit
Florida
since
"Florida
is
mostly
open
right
now"
one
remarked.
The
other
chimes
in
that
"yeah
that's
because
Florida
is
a
wasteland".
Without
any
more
context
the
best
I
can
tell
is
that
they
were
referring
to
Florida
as
a
negative
place
to
go
to
due
to
Florida's
resistance
to
dictatorial
policies
like
those
we
live
under
here
in
Minnesota.
To
sum
up,
I
was
disheartened
to
see
young
people
have
such
a
low
opinion
of
freedom
in
general
and
also
the
belief
that
individuals
can
not
possibly
make
the
best
choices
for
themselves.
I
try
hard
not
to
blame
these
young
people
too
much-
their
young
and
have
a
lot
of
learning
to
do
but
also
have
the
world
at
their
fingertips
like
I
do.
The
social
pressures
are
way
more
now
than
when
I
was
in
college.
I
hope
they
snap
out
of
it
fast.
I
wonder
how
Dave
would
feel
if
he
knew
his
funds
were
keeping
employed
people
who
in
my
opinion
could
stand
up
for
freedom
a
bit
more.
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