What does a choice currency have to do with freedom?
Survival is first priority. Everything else comes after.
If fiat money gives me access to food and water, it's fiat money for me. If Bitcoin gives me access to food and water, I'll consider which one gives me access to more food and water.
I'm a free man but only as long as I'm alive.
You may not see yourself as a slave of the government but are you a slave of money? What are you a slave of?
You are a slave to the things needed to keep you alive, yes.
The OP was a well written post IMO. His was a comment on the kneejerk reaction of many who do not understand something. They wish to ban/remove it and it simplifies the world for them. The internet is a spooky place. It opens up a whole range of possibilities of which people vaguely aware.
The saddest part is not that these people exist, but that they are pandered to by our elected representatives.
Don't think other cultures are much different. It is a human thing.