#Independenceday
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@cmconseils What they really meant was that they were getting rid of the aristocracy, but they didn't quite manage that either.
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Oh, Philomena Cunk, you are treasure. As they say in Georgia, “Well, bless your heart”.
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@cmconseils @blogdiva and that, kids, is my celebration of today.
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@cmconseils And the Indigenous!
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@cmconseils Good old Diane, I lost an opportunity to meet her in person, she certainly did not need that encounter to become a legend.
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@cmconseils "we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal"
Lmao really bro? *Really*?
@renardboy @cmconseils
The Declaration of Independence is not law. That clause is not in the Constitution. So we're only blowing off our ideals, not our laws. -
@cmconseils Approximately 700,000 Americans died to end slavery in the U.S.
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@cmconseils #boost sic.
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@cmconseils Approximately 700,000 Americans died to end slavery in the U.S.
@Tergenev @cmconseils 365k+ died to end slavery, 290k+ died to *keep* slavery.
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@renardboy @cmconseils
The Declaration of Independence is not law. That clause is not in the Constitution. So we're only blowing off our ideals, not our laws.@bardmoss@autistics.life wrong. failure to understand that the declaration states the legitimate basis of the law: consent of the governed.
its only monararchists and authoritarians who believe it's not part of the law
ITS THE BEDROCK.
Without that sentence, our law has NO basis you can actually point to as a coherent underpinning. Stick to being wrong about your own government.
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@cmconseils Approximately 700,000 Americans died to end slavery in the U.S.
@Tergenev @cmconseils We just did an act of parliament.
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