But like most attack ads, it also contained a few facts that the rebels didn't want to face. You remember the part where the Declaration says King George (quote) "has incited domestic insurrections among us..."?Ouch!
John Lind points out that what the rebels were really upset about was that the King had "offered freedom to the slaves."
(QUOTE) "Is it for them to say that it is tyranny to bid a slave be free?"
Lind goes on to mock the founders for writing noble words stating, "all men are created equal" and asserting "Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness" and then in the same document, complaining about the King for encouraging the slaves to rise up.
Thursday, July 05, 2012
Founding BS
Via Sully we find out there was a rebuttal to the Declaration of Independence, part of which the Brits call bullshit on the Founding Fathers:
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