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[–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Hence the asterix on my paraphrasing of the Second Amendment. Ultimately, I think the founding fathers laid out general principles of society that we should adhere to, but that they expected us to care more about the intent of the Constitution than the actual exact words.

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  • [–] -4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The founding fathers were slave oligarchs, fuck their opinions on anything to do with our country today

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Throw out the whole constitution then. Human history is rife with suffering and hypocrisy. My ancestors chased people off this land at the point of a sword. Right now, we're overlooking the horrible exploitation of other human beings in China, Africa, India and others, to make luxury goods. The lens of history should acknowledge the status quo at the time, but not excuse it, and celebrate those who worked to advance human rights and conditions before their time.

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  • [–] -4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Man imagine going to bat for the opinions of slave oligarchs.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Imagine condemning nearly everyone who has ever existed because they didn't live up to modern society's current understanding of humanity.

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Imagine being too scared to do that in spite of everyone they made suffer and everyone else who knew it was wrong even then, because you somehow want to make defending slave oligarchs your hill to die on.

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