Article about the Start of the Revolutionary War: Notice Something?

[LibertyKid]

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Or maybe you could start a more interesting thread than, "They said Military supplies instead of guns, it's a conspiracy, I tell you!!!"

Even though most history books say "Military Supplies".

Interesting enough for you to jump in and provide nothing as usual.

 

[JoeB131]

Interesting enough for you to jump in and provide nothing as usual.

Well, it was a nothing thread, except for exposing your white fragility.

"Ooooh, they didn't reflect our insane love of guns sufficiently when writing the article."

 

[new wave liberal]

Yeah, it's Yahoo. Another gun grabbing anti-gun nutter propaganda site.

 

[hadit]

They were looking to stop a rebellion, pure and simple.

They failed.

If the Founding Fathers had been captured by the British, should they have all been hung like we know they would have been?

And we can see today who among us would have gleefully hunted down the FF's and turned them over to the British, demanding to see them hung.

 

[rightwinger]

And we can see today who among us would have gleefully hunted down the FF's and turned them over to the British, demanding to see them hung.

Our Founding Fathers were hunted by Conservatives

 

[hadit]

Our Founding Fathers were hunted by Conservatives

Today's conservatives are yesterday's liberals.

 

[Robert W]

Our Founding Fathers were hunted by Conservatives

Democrats of now would have wanted our founders found and hung for crimes against the state. Democrats are not remotely connected to true Liberals.

 

[rightwinger]

Today's conservatives are yesterday's liberals.

I guess so
If you admit that Conservative values are stuck in the 18th century

 

[rightwinger]

Democrats of now would have wanted our founders found and hung for crimes against the state. Democrats are not remotely connected to true Liberals.

It was Conservatives who supported the Crown
Liberals fought for Liberty

 

[hadit]

I guess so
If you admit that Conservative values are stuck in the 18th century

Those values founded this country. I wonder why you would think that liberty and freedom from tyranny are "stuck in the 18th century", but you do you.

 

[rightwinger]

Those values founded this country. I wonder why you would think that liberty and freedom from tyranny are "stuck in the 18th century", but you do you.

We have moved on from values that encourage slavery, deny women’s rights

We don’t need 18th century aristocrats telling us how to run our society
Th

 

[hadit]

We have moved on from values that encourage slavery, deny women’s rights

We don’t need 18th century aristocrats telling us how to run our society
Th

Those "aristocrats" that you would have turned over to the British for execution gave us a government framework that we can alter at the ballot box, something the crown denied us. So, enjoy denying freedom from tyranny.

 

[rightwinger]

Those "aristocrats" that you would have turned over to the British for execution gave us a government framework that we can alter at the ballot box, something the crown denied us. So, enjoy denying freedom from tyranny.

Exactly
Our Founders gave us a framework

They left it to future generations to decide how to use that framework

 

[hadit]

Exactly
Our Founders gave us a framework

They left it to future generations to decide how to use that framework

That's right, the liberals of the day (who are the conservatives of today) were on the money. Their values are upheld by today's conservatives. Today's liberals would have not only turned the FF's over to the British for execution, but they would also have created a brand-new monarchy just like the one the insurrectionists overthrew. Can't have all that freedom running around and stuff.

 

[rightwinger]

That's right, the liberals of the day (who are the conservatives of today) were on the money. Their values are upheld by today's conservatives. Today's liberals would have not only turned the FF's over to the British for execution, but they would also have created a brand-new monarchy just like the one the insurrectionists overthrew. Can't have all that freedom running around and stuff.

Sorry you don’t get to claim the founders were both Liberal and Conservative.
Conservatives supported the King

Liberal values change over time as societies face new challenges.
Conservatives don’t change

 

[hadit]

Sorry you don’t get to claim the founders were both Liberal and Conservative.
Conservatives supported the King

You can pretend that your labels are meaningful, but the reality remains, you guys would have hunted down the FF's, turned them over to the British, and had a party when they were executed. You don't want freedom, it's too scary and dangerous.

Liberal values change over time as societies face new challenges.
Conservatives don’t change

They don't have to, they've always championed freedom from tyranny, something you should look into as you cheer on the ever-tightening noose the government has placed on us.

 

[AZrailwhale]

We have moved on from values that encourage slavery, deny women’s rights

We don’t need 18th century aristocrats telling us how to run our society
Th

The only "aristocrats" in the Continental Congress were the representatives from the Southern Slave states that insisted on keeping slavery. Most members of the Congress were solidly middle class.

 

[rightwinger]

The only "aristocrats" in the Continental Congress were the representatives from the Southern Slave states that insisted on keeping slavery. Most members of the Congress were solidly middle class.

Most were exceedingly wealthy

 

[AZrailwhale]

Most were exceedingly wealthy

Wrong. They were mostly middle class. Rich people don’t revolt against the people who made them rich.

 

[rightwinger]

Wrong. They were mostly middle class. Rich people don’t revolt against the people who made them rich.

You don’t understand history
Our founders mistrusted the common man

There was no “middle class”