The following argument is a strawman against what we might call "conservative" liberty and for "liberal" liberty. The conservative or at least libertarian view of liberty is simply not the libertine one as freedom from responsibility but of acting responsibly in the sense of getting what one wants requires at least an exchange in which others are given what they want. This invisible hand view is simply not acceptable either to the liberal who, at least in the following argument insists liberty comes from compliance with the state, a Rousseauian contradiction.
None of this really comports well with the ancient view of liberty which assured one the freedom to participate in the polity of the community. That ancient liberty depends on a people or nation with shared traditions and institutions and values and interests.
Michigan coronavirus protesters shout 'liberty!' — as right-wing rhetoric weaponizes freedom
(I'm ignoring how this liberal then tries to tie liberty to racism.)...And yet, as the quarantine protests make clear, a popular yet factually and legally inaccurate sentiment has infected the minds of many Americans. To paraphrase, it goes something like this: "This is America, and I am free to do whatever I want!"
But, actually, no. You can't. Americans must abide by laws, regulations and codes, from their towns' garbage collection rules to the federal law declaring that 18 is the legal voting age. The general — indeed, patriotic — spirit is that collectively, as Americans, we will follow these laws to promote and ensure the "general welfare" of "the people" — all people — "of the United States."