[Bubba Ho-Tep]

Oh, I dunno, maybe because that is what the facts of history amply demonstrate?

But we're not talking about the facts of history. We're talking about inalienable, self-evident rights.

What possible kernel of evidence do you have that the Declaration was intended by it's authors and signatories to apply to slaves?

Hey, Justice Taney! Lookin' good!

[DiogenesLamp]

But we're not talking about the facts of history. We're talking about inalienable, self-evident rights.

And this is where you try to torture an incorrect meaning out of words instead of comprehending them in the context in which they were intended.

It's the "Living Constitution" methodology applied to the Declaration.

It is a form of deliberate lying. You are lying, and you are perfectly content to continue doing so.