Wry Catcher
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To follow up, the Founders of the country believed that only a people who governed themselves were a truly free people. Do you agree with that? Why or why not?
For most of the first 200 years of this country, the traditional family was the norm with very positive benefits from that. Fathers were expected to support their families if they were physically able to do so, parents were expected to parent their children and raise them up as responsible productive citizens, and there were principles and convictions that could not be compromised by people of exemplary character even if they had to act against their own interests.
This is what I think the speaker in the video was expressing.
Do you agree with that? Why? If not, why not?
Let's be real. The speaker in the video is an actor, acting in a TV series. His comments were general and open to interpreation.
I suggest you go back and review the census from the late 19th century and see how many widowed women lived in 'poor houses', many with children. That is one easy example of how far we've come (and where many conservatives seem to want us to return).