Rudy Canoza <
notg...@gmail.com> wrote in
news:xe9XJ.116684$iK66....@fx46.iad:
> On 3/12/2022 2:31 PM, Attila wrote:
>> On Fri, 11 Mar 2022 11:11:45 -0800, Rudy Canoza
>> <
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>> <T9NWJ.74448$yi_7....@fx39.iad> wrote:
>>
>>> They act as if they're ashamed of all the pro-slavery elements of
>>> the founding, but we know that they are *not* ashamed of any of it,
>>> and in fact, they wish nothing had changed. Slavery figured into
>>> nearly *everything* connected with the founding, even including the
>>> very notion of declaring independence from Great Britain. Hartung
>>> and Hansen, racist white supremacists, see nothing wrong with it.
>>> So why don't they want to acknowledge the specific details of it?
>>
>> Some form of slavery was still common at the time.
>
> Irrelevant.
>
>>
>>>
>>> * We declared independence because Great Britain was quickly moving
>>> toward
>>> abolition of slavery
>>
>> That had nothing to do with the revolution.
>
> It had much to do with it.
>
>>
>>>
>>> * The electoral college that we actually got was intended to protect
>>> slavery
>>
>> No,
>
> Yes.
>
>>
>>>
>>> * The second amendment was intended to protect slavery
>>
>> Slavery was not a factor.
>
> It was the entire reason for the amendment.
>
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On and on and on, and Hartung and Hansen *like* the protections that
>>> those measures afforded to slavery. So why won't they acknowledge
>>> them? Why do they act like they're ashamed of it?
>>
>> Because your statements are
>
> correct. Well, my statements are correct, but that doesn't explain
> why Hartung and Hansen act as if they're ashamed of the slavery
> origins of the country.
Why don't you give progressive liberals credit where due? They started
slavery in the US.