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EXCLUSIVE: New York Times' 1619 Project author says Founding Fathers 'did not believe in democracy,' America is 'not an exceptional nation'
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| 9/10/2020
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Posted on 09/11/2020 10:07:08 AM PDT by Zenyatta
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posted on
09/11/2020 10:07:08 AM PDT
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Zenyatta
To: Zenyatta
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posted on
09/11/2020 10:08:49 AM PDT
by
EEGator
To: Zenyatta
They did not believe in democracy. They believed in a constitutional republic.
I believe that you had to own land to be a voter back then. I’d like to see a return to that, frankly, I felt that way even when I owned no land.
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posted on
09/11/2020 10:09:22 AM PDT
by
cuban leaf
(The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
To: EEGator
How far up your a*& does your head have to BE for that kind of statement?
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posted on
09/11/2020 10:09:35 AM PDT
by
SMARTY
('Calling a thing by its right name is the beginning of wisdom.')
To: Zenyatta
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posted on
09/11/2020 10:10:06 AM PDT
by
bantam
To: Zenyatta
“Pulitzer-winning New York Times journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones”
Stopped reading there.
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posted on
09/11/2020 10:10:50 AM PDT
by
Huskrrrr
To: Zenyatta
The goal is to delegitimize our founders and the nation as founded by them.
They want communism.
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posted on
09/11/2020 10:11:50 AM PDT
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents|Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
To: Zenyatta
They believed in a constitutional republic.
We are an exceptional nation if we weren’t you’d wouldn’t be publicly bloviating now !
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posted on
09/11/2020 10:12:09 AM PDT
by
Reily
To: Zenyatta
Vice President for Equity and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer Kijua Sanders-McMurtry Its amazingly ironic how completely, absolutely uniform in race, gender and ideology these PC phony positions of diversity officer are.
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posted on
09/11/2020 10:12:11 AM PDT
by
PGR88
To: EEGator
What you said, and the horse you rode in on.
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posted on
09/11/2020 10:12:37 AM PDT
by
Viking2002
("If a really stupid person becomes senile......how can you tell?" - George Carlin)
To: Zenyatta
The 1619 Project author is not an exceptional author...
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posted on
09/11/2020 10:17:56 AM PDT
by
jeffc
(I'm a Patriot, and the media are our enemy)
To: Zenyatta
Saying something is exceptional is not even bragging since doesn’t mean the something is better than something else.
The author needs to support his assertion with a comparison of America with other nations and cultures.
To: cuban leaf
We are exceptional precisely because we were not what these Leftist theorists, who would appropriate the fruits of other peoples' labor, thought we should be. We never sought a ceiling on personal achievement!
As for "Democracy? Madison dealt with that notion in the Federalist Papers.
As for universal suffrage? Threat To Liberty
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posted on
09/11/2020 10:20:52 AM PDT
by
Ohioan
To: cuban leaf
I do not know about land, but a friend of mine has proposed that anyone on public assistance should not be allowed to vote. (yeah, I know, its a pipe dream). The thinking is, why should someone who is not contributing to the economy be allowed to participate in divvying up benefits? You want to participate in the voting, get a job. It kind of makes sense. Of course, nowadays, probably two thirds of the country wouldn't be eligible to vote under this idea.
Again, no way this idea even gets a hearing.
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posted on
09/11/2020 10:23:27 AM PDT
by
fhayek
To: Zenyatta
Shes right on the first item, we are NOT a dounded democracy thank God. She can have her opinion of America who cares
To: SaintDismas
Founded sheesh. Thumbs not cooperating
To: Zenyatta
It’s not a democracy, it’s a REPUBLIC!
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posted on
09/11/2020 10:25:35 AM PDT
by
meyer
(WWG1WGA, MAGA! Derps vs. Patriots, choose your side.)
To: Zenyatta
They hated democracy. This story shows how far we have fallen.
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posted on
09/11/2020 10:27:45 AM PDT
by
DesertRhino
(Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
To: fhayek
I’ve said that there should be a rule that you are only allowed to vote if you submit a 1040 where you paid net taxes. Even if only a dollar.
And if a married couple files separately, and one paid taxes and the other didn’t, only the one that paid taxes gets to vote.
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posted on
09/11/2020 10:29:55 AM PDT
by
cuban leaf
(The political war playing out in every country now: Globalists vs Nationalists)
To: cuban leaf
Sadly, when it comes to public policy today, the taxpayer is NEVER considered. He isn't even paid lip service anymore. Just shut up and pay it.
A proposal like yours would change things.
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posted on
09/11/2020 10:33:36 AM PDT
by
fhayek
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