(that way he can just "opine" to his heart's content)
Now you're flat out lying, capitan. I've cited thousands of original historical documents on these threads to support my case in discussions of this sort. The most recent is a very common and accessible one - the 1776 Virginia Constitution - which you oddly refuse to even acknowledge.
I do take issue though when you spout your own misinterpretations of second and third hand crap from modern "historians" and then arbitrarily declare your misinterpretation of their writings to trump all else - original source material included - on the basis that the source you chose has been anointed by you as the "living authority" of the hour for whatever subject you need to argue. You're a filthy liar, capitan, yet a bad one. That's why you always get caught and that's also why you react with such unpleasantness every time you get caught.
"TOTALLY DISSOLVED."
Flat-out lie and abusive, too. GOP cites his @ss off -- he just cited the Virginia Declaration to you, and quoted it, and you still won't acknowledge him on it.
You might also get over your churlish, swinish habit of refusing to acknowledge other people's arguments and acting as if you're holding stone tablets with divine writing on them. You're acting like totally political scum -- like a Clintonista. Like Sidney Blumenthal.