and it's not some do gooder from the Netherlands
The messenger is irrelevant to the argument. Either the argument is or is not sound, and trying to counter it by saying you don't like where the messenger comes from does not take away from the validity of the argument.
take or restrict a US citizens freedom on how to live away without actually putting anything of his own on the line
What makes you think we all have nothing on the line? I have family on your side of the pond.