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I mean, there were literal white supremacists back then; not in a pejorative sense, but, like, in the “white people are genetically superior” sense. There were
by bbor 2y ago
I mean, there were literal white supremacists back then; not in a pejorative sense, but, like, in the “white people are genetically superior” sense. There were absolutely people voting for a non-Irish, Italian, catholic, Jewish, or god-forbid dark-skinned America, in direct contradiction to the state’s founding principles.
- 082349872349872 2y ago> in direct contradiction to the state’s founding principles "adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons." (I mean, I'm on the side of "all men are created equal, ... with certain unalienable Rights,... among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness" but it's hard to deny that that other language is right there as well. Logical implication and noncontradiction do not seem to have been among the founders' strong suits.) Lagniappe: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lMOL7GaPWI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lMOL7GaPWI