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No women or minorities had any input in our Constitution's conception or development. Should an America where women, descendants of former slaves, and people from cultures all over the world have equal agency remain beholden to words written by white men from a bygone age where those people's voices were not heard or respected?
Considering it WAS these WHITE men who crested the greatest country in history.....!
Considering it WAS these WHITE men who crested the greatest country in history.....!
Actually, slaves hauled the stones that "crested" the Capitol Building in DC....so you are correct, they were under the whips of white men. I doubt many women were running those crews.
Considering it WAS these WHITE men who crested the greatest country in history.....!
The Founding Fathers were special people, and if we had lost the revolution would have paid with their lives. They knew this, being wealthy men, they had everything to lose, yet risked it all. 1776 was a bad year for the Revolution, and we almost lost the war several times, and really just hung on by a miracle. Then eventually the French helped us, and we were able to beat the British enough that they gave up.
Yes, anything and everything ever touched by white males in history is evil, racist, sexist, and the 3,000 other ists and isms that have been conjured up by the SJW swat task force over the past 3 years or so. #BanItAll
Not sure it's all that simple...
The Constitution was written and ratified by white men, many of whom owned slaves, but it has always been subject to amending.
For this reason, the question posed by the OP is actually a modified version of the Ship of Theseus paradox.
In this case, generations of the politically empowered are replaced one-by-one instead of boards.
The willingness of each to live under our Constitution during their lifetime temporarily transfers ownership of the Constitution to those living at the time.
There is no Founder's Constitution.
There is only the surviving Constitution.
That Constitution is the one that those of us living in the present moment accept, and that makes it new with each generation.
Actually, slaves hauled the stones that "crested" the Capitol Building in DC....so you are correct, they were under the whips of white men. I doubt many women were running those crews.
Which is another why we should destroy DC and rebuild the capitol in the middle of the country.
Which is another why we should destroy DC and rebuild the capitol in the middle of the country.
Well, the original construction and theory was that our STATES would be our Primary governments, and not the Federal Government which was supposed to be the weak sister to the states and just do a few necessary functions. The theory being that we were closer to our state capitals and could hold our representatives accountable by getting in their face. Obviously, it has morphed into a huge, over controlling, overly powerful monster since the Civil War and Lincoln.
Actually, slaves hauled the stones that "crested" the Capitol Building in DC....so you are correct, they were under the whips of white men. I doubt many women were running those crews.
"crested", a typo please don't flog me for my sinful error!
"Actually, slaves hauled the stones..."
ACTUALLY MOST were Indentured Servants who CHOSE to be, so thy could get away from their "brotha's" who treated then so well!
The Founding Fathers were special people, and if we had lost the revolution would have paid with their lives. They knew this, being wealthy men, they had everything to lose, yet risked it all. 1776 was a bad year for the Revolution, and we almost lost the war several times, and really just hung on by a miracle. Then eventually the French helped us, and we were able to beat the British enough that they gave up.
"They knew this, being wealthy men, they had everything to lose"
And MOST of them DID lose everything!
Besides they SMART enough to put a provision in the Constitution to CHANGE IT.
The Constitution also doesn’t mention God, Jesus, Bible, Christian nation, or anything like that yet Republicans insist that we should all be forced to adhere to a narrow fundamentalist Christian moral code. The First Amendment is nothing but an obstacle for conservatives, preventing them from creating their own Christian Saudi Arabia in the USA.
Our Founding Fathers shared a common belief in God............................
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