• AlfredoJohn@sh.itjust.works
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      4 hours ago

      The forefathers who…owned slaves? Let’s be real here I’m sure they would be questioning why they aren’t just being enslaved here, the forefathers were all violent racist old white dudes who were pissed they could not get super rich by skirting taxes from the British. Let’s not act like they are some beacon of morality and freedom when they were not.

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      16 hours ago

      The Founding Fathers literally wrote about this exact kind of shit in the Declaration of Independence. Among the grievances they listed against King George:

      For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:

      For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:

      For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury:

      For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:

      One of the grievances was that for certain offenses, American colonists weren’t tried in courts located in the colonies, where they had support systems and would face a jury of their peers. Instead people, many of whom had never even been to England, would be shoved on a boat, sailed months across the sea, and then face trial in London.

      Seriously, go through the Declaration of Independence and its list of grievances against King George. Trump has flagrantly violated the majority of them.