Street Talk Choose Optimism, Ravens Flock

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In a society purportedly constructed on individual freedoms, we hold fewer of those than one might expect.

Speech is free, but it’s not absolute. Same goes for, well, pick your issue. We have freedoms until we don’t. To be precise, we have freedoms until someone else decides we don’t. We can accept those limitations or not — that is our choice. And when it comes down to it, our one true freedom in this life of ours is the freedom to choose.

When it comes to being a Ravens fan, in this, the year (nay, preseason!) of outrageous injuries, I choose to believe.

I believe that this team can persevere. I believe that the oft-maligned Greg Roman is as…