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[–] morphballganon@lemmynsfw.com -3 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] CompassRed@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The phrase is, "didn't use to be." The word "weren't" would be correct had he been responding to "I was free", but he is responding to "I use to be free", so "didn't" is correct.

[–] morphballganon@lemmynsfw.com -4 points 1 week ago

"You weren't the land of the free" is much more elegant than "you didn't used to be the land of the free"