[Bubba Ho-Tep]

I find it amusing that you regard this aspect as a "diversion". It is tantamount to admitting how much you don't realize that things are connected together; That it is a continuum, as opposed to an array of cubbyholes.

It's a diversion because you're saying, in effect, that it's Muslims who captured their great-grandfathers that are responsible for plantation owners in Mississippi owning slaves.

Did the Founders intend that the Declaration of Independence should apply to slaves?

No. In fact they went out of their way to delete references to slavery among the grievances listed.

[DiogenesLamp]

It's a diversion because you're saying, in effect, that it's Muslims who captured their great-grandfathers that are responsible for plantation owners in Mississippi owning slaves.

You are saying that. I am pointing out that effect follows cause. In order to understand where you are, you must understand how you got there.

No. In fact they went out of their way to delete references to slavery among the grievances listed.

To include them would sort of put the hex on the whole argument, now wouldn't it? Well, you can't say they weren't aware of their hypocrisy on this point, but when money is at stake, not everyone can maintain their integrity.