▲ 1489 ▼ If Americans could read (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to c/politicalmemes@lemmy.world 196 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Zoboomafoo@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) Horseshit, you replied to my quote of the Declaration of Independence's preamble where it laid those out permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago The Declaration of Independence was, again, written before America was a country. It is not a legal document either. And it is religious. So you're saying American values come from a document that was written before there was an America, which expressly was not respecting all religious beliefs but at the same time saying those values can change. It sounds like American values are whatever you believe them to be. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago The Declaration of Independence was, again, written before America was a country. It is not a legal document either. And it is religious. So you're saying American values come from a document that was written before there was an America, which expressly was not respecting all religious beliefs but at the same time saying those values can change. It sounds like American values are whatever you believe them to be. permalink fedilink source parent
