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Do you think folks should learn from you?
You’re smarter than others?
I am sure they are nice but I am beyond the founders and into who the founders read/learned from.
The first work of the socialists towards burying the heritage of the American Republican form of government began in earnest in the mid nineteenth century, and it was massively successful.
It continues to this day, but the first strides, the very greatest strides were made way back in the mid to late eighteen hundreds.
It’s good to be mindful of both Founder and Framer self-education.
A great place to go, is Hillsdale for their publication (Imprimus) and online lectures. Both can be gotten to, no charge, from their website.
I was flummoxed in a discussion here on Fr and said : “Hey, I’ve got to know something if I’m going to make a contribution here!”
I went to the library and checked out “The Business Of May Next” by William Lee Miller.
It’s a general book with a LOT of background on the Founder’s int4ents.
Cost me nothing but the time to read it, which was pleasantly spent.
DON”T go searching the web for ‘quotes’ and snippets to support some specific belief of yours. You will find them alright, but miss the genius of our Founders.
Constitutional Debates.
The Federalist Papers.
The anti-Federalist Papers.
The many many quotes of the FF's.
Their essays in publications of the time.
Their diaries/journals.
Their correspondence to each other.
It's all there regarding their positions and intent while creating a nation that has become the envy and standard of the World. I've read all the above and still amazes me that their words/actions have been so spun, parsed, misrepresented, lost context, and forgotten throughout the years. Until, the Impeachment dims wrapped themselves in the flag and the Constitution, which they have ignored for decades.
My wife and I were astounded when we saw an impeachment snippet on Fox where some dim/socialist claimed Trump's crimes were the equivalent of the Revolutionary War in severity. We looked at each - did we just hear that? Of course, a couple others were making some obscure connection to slavery or the civil rights movement. These people have lost all sense of proportion and I am starting to believe their TDS has made them insane.
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