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To: jeffersondem; rockrr; DoodleDawg
jeffersondem: "Why does the mention of “Domestic insurrections” mean it is limited to the months before July, 1776?
This sounds like an arbitrary time frame of your invention, not Jefferson's or the signers of the DOI."

The quote from your post #284 is: "“HE has excited domestic Insurrections amongst us . . .”"

That can only refer to the time period of the Revolutionary War from, say, mid-1775 to July 1776.
You disagree?

jeffersondem: "What is your purpose in trying to limit the scope of grievances to just a few months in 1776? And how is it justified?"

Since you are here to argue that "domestic insurrections" refers to slave revolts "excited" by King George, perhaps you can name some North American slave revolts the King "excited" in any year before 1776?

382 posted on 12/03/2017 4:38:44 PM PST by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective...)
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To: BroJoeK

“That can only refer to the time period of the Revolutionary War from, say, mid-1775 to July 1776.”

You are restating something you said previously.

When you stated it the first time I asked: “Why does the mention of “Domestic insurrections” mean it is limited to the months before July, 1776?”

I now ask the same question, again.


383 posted on 12/03/2017 5:00:27 PM PST by jeffersondem
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