Posted on 09/19/2022 4:11:32 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
Relax, Jonathan.
This was liberal paranoia on steroids. On his Sunday Show on MSNBC this week, saying that the prospect of a constitutional convention, something advocated by many conservatives and Republicans, "scared the hell out of me," and really "blew my mind," Jonathan Capehart actually expressed this concern:
"The one thing that folks need to understand is any rights that have been granted under the Constitution, even as an amendment, such as granting full U.S. citizenship to the former slaves, would be up for grabs in a constitutional convention!
"And with the way folks [i.e., conservatives] are acting right now, I wouldn't put it past them during the constitutional convention to go back to calling me three-fifths of a person."
Get the rest of the story and view the video here.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
The idiot does not know that the slave OWNERS wanted all slaves counted to gain control of congress.
The slaver Democrats are the ones who wanted slaves counted in the census to gain political power.
He must be a descendant of overseers, giving aid to his masters for a few scraps.
How about just a “subhuman”?
Yet, as Madison's Notes indicate, there was some concern even in the federal convention that the 3/5ths clause was injurious in its phrasing as a contradiction to the equality of all men that the Declaration had endorsed in such ringing terms. In the end though, no better way was suggested to curb the power of the slave states, which was the whole reason for the provision.
Yet, as Madison's Notes indicate, there was some concern even in the federal convention that the 3/5ths clause was injurious in its phrasing as a contradiction to the equality of all men that the Declaration had endorsed in such ringing terms. In the end though, no better way was suggested to curb the power of the slave states, which was the whole reason for the provision.
We classify you as 100% liar and racebaiter John.
3/5 of a brain maybe...
Like the Democrats actually did?
he’s already less than half a person so 3/5 would be an improvement.
But not because of your color, rather because of your idiocy…
I always found the argument flawed given few women voted either
Why weren’t they 3/5th too?
3/5ths of a person was one of the first anti slavery sentiments expressed in our constitution. some folks do not understand that.
Women didn’t vote either
Should have made them just 1/5
Lol
Pelham
I’m kind of impressed at fair number of freepers know the truth as opposed to the south haters here who always blame southerners for this
Hahaha! Love it!
Although it sounds suspiciously like what most Leftist economists actually believe…:(
Such twitterpation...lol.
They don’t teach American history anymore. too bad.
The Southern Democrats got them 3/5 of person but only for purposes of apportionment.
Exactly. Would they have preferred that the Slave states have even more power in Congress?
At present there is no law. The law has been ewaponized to destroy all that is nor progressive.
It is the Progressives that must be destroyed, man, woman and child.
Yea, they weren’t going to let them vote, hell no. Republicans, for the most part, wanted them freed. We should have shipped them all back to Sierra Leone or Liberia or whatnot.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.