Only one third of the Colonists were Patriots. The Democrats of the day were Loyalists.
D@mn loyalists! They were an even bigger problem "four score and seven years later."
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OK, so why doesn’t that 1/3 speak up a little more in this patriotic FR forum and elsewhere?
I hardly ever see a post or comment from anyone on FR clearly laying out the greatest threat we have today to our freedoms and well being - the totalitarian federal government, the 80%+ unconstitutional portion of which MUST be dismantled if we are to recover our Free Constitutional Republic.