Reclaiming the Brainwashed Generation

Townhall.com ^ | July 16, 2020 | Jeff Davidson

[fr_freak]

“It is also worth noting that there was already a HUGE abolitionist movement in the colonies by the time the Constitution was ratified.”

Name a few. Take all the time you need.

Let's start with something really simple.

Year each state outlawed slavery:

Delaware: 1776
Vermont: 1777
Pennsylvania: 1780
Maine: 1789
New Jersey: 1804

Unless you would like to argue that citizens of each of these states were being deprived of participation in slavery against their will, I think it is self-evident here that a massive abolitionist movement existed at the time of the American Revolution.

[Pelham]

So you can’t produce the name of even one abolitionist of this “huge movement” that you imagine existed before the Revolution?

“I think it is self-evident here that a massive abolitionist movement existed at the time of the American Revolution.”

That’s because you’re using your imagination instead of history. That always guarantees that you get the answer you want, it just doesn’t happen to be accurate.

Maybe you should get yourself a copy of “A Disease in the Public Mind” and you’ll do better next time. Fleming gives that history in the early chapters:

http://thomasflemingwriter.com/publicmind.html

[Pelham]

Good grief. Get someone who has reading comprehension to explain it to you.

[Pelham]

Let me try to make it so simple that even you can understand it:

the “more perfect Union” in the Preamble is a contrast to the problem filled US government under the Articles of Confederation. It’s an explanation of why the Continental Congress chose to replace the Articles with the Constitution.

If you want to imagine that it is a one sentence philosophical and moral treatise then go right ahead. The world needs its share of buffoons.

[itsahoot]

The world needs its share of buffoons.

You are living proof that they exist.

[Pelham]

At least I have reading comprehension and understand what I wrote. You lack both.

[fr_freak]

So you can’t produce the name of even one abolitionist of this “huge movement” that you imagine existed before the Revolution?

What the hell are you talking about? I said a huge abolitionist movement. Who gives a damn about some individual's name - I gave you a list of states that almost immediately outlawed slavery upon freedom from Britain. That is absolute proof of the anti-slavery sentiment that existed among a large population. You're crying because I didn't give you some individual's name?

[itsahoot]

At least I have reading comprehension and understand what I wrote. You lack both.

I understand what I wrote as well. Can't help if you can't understand it.