One of my history professors declared the Declaration of Independence, propaganda. That's not what we had been taught, but there it was, a form of propaganda. Was the professor right or was he a communist?
he sounds like he was stoned out of his mind that day.
Liberals are so funny
On one corner of their mouth they want to trash the founding fathers and the constitution
And out of the other corner of their mouth they take credit for it and say the founding fathers were liberals
God damn liberals are a joke and don't stand for anything
The ability to self criticize is an important ability and shows you are a mature thinker. If you believe criticizing the founding fathers while claiming they were liberals is hypocritical then you havent reached that maturation level in thinking.
You don't just "criticize." You talk out of both sides of your mouth.
I was not criticizing the Declaration, perhaps just pointing out the definition of propaganda and how it was used then and today. Many associate the word with Hitler, but propaganda was about long before Hitler and is used all day long in advertising, politics, and on and on.
The colonies had declared independence two days before the Declaration was issued, so what was the purpose? The purpose was to gain more support from the 2/3 of the colonists that did not support the war, and also to gain foreign support. Why did Jefferson spend so much time on George instead of the real enemy, Parliament? Why did Congress two days after their vote for independence make
86 changes and eliminate 408 words to the Declaration?
Anyway, check out the definition, history, and use of propaganda and might even google the Declaration as propaganda.