Liberals frequently denigrate the Founding Fathers. They talk about slavery existing and the Founding Fathers allowing for it to continue.
They talk about the 3/5 of a man calculation.
They talk about how the Founding Fathers literally meant that all men, and not women, were created equal.
They talk about how the Founding Fathers enabled settlers to move west and attack/disposess native American Indian tribes, who allegedly lived in peace and harmony with the environment.
And I’ve even heard some radical types talk about how the Founding Fathers didn’t provide for homosexual rights and homosexual marriage.
Because of complaints such as these, because of the fact that the Founding Fathers of the 18th century did not have a liberal 21st century world view, these men are worthless to the liberals of today. Sad but true. The worldview of these liberals is that nothing worthwhile came out of the founding of the United States, because of complaints about slavery, women’s rights, gay rights, and other issues.
Next up — complaints that the Founding Fathers didn’t do enough to fight global warming.
But one point that should be made directly is this. Neither Thomas Jefferson, nor those other signers of the Declaration Of Independence, believed that all people were equal; or that Government had a role in trying to equalize their circumstances (i.e., they did not embrace Socialism in any of its inane manifestations). That is not what was meant or intended by the recital of self-evident concepts in the preamble of the Declaration.
They were simply refuting the notion that the King had a divine mandate to rule them. That was the function of the language that the foolish & malicious endlessly cite, completely out of context. Pretending that everyone is equal is to fall into a fantasy world, where no real progress is ever possible.
See Declaration Of Independence--With Study Guide.
William Flax