1/ Some people only want to talk about what America has done right, and have no interest in addressing the dark shadows of slavery, genocide of Native Americans, and instances of institutionalized suppression of women and blacks that has existed throughout our history.
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2/ Others however only want to talk about what America has done wrong, and show no interest in giving credence to the enlightened Constitutional principles on which we stand or to our historical ancestors who have done so much to restore those principles when they were violated.
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3/ The truth is that we are both. Of 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence, 41 were slaveowners - which means that from the beginning, we were both adherents to the highest aspirational principles and perpetrators of the most violent forms of transgression against them.

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4/ Every generation, including ours, has contained both elements, and every generation has made its choice. Slave owners v. Abolitionists, male surpramists v. Suffragettes, segregationists v. civil rights movement. It's simply our turn. The aristocratic archetype has returned.
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5/ It's important to remember we're not up against anything worse than other generations had to deal with. The point is that they did it. They pushed back on oppression and injustice and so can we. Let's not be the first generation of Americans to wimp out on doing that job.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
This is true, but it is also elementary. A culture of political discussion or debate that takes up any of this as revelatory, or even controversial, is, itself, a bigger problem or puzzle than anything presented by the tensions in the founding.
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Serious question. How is this different from other 'groups'? Native American cultures are often romanticized for their inspirational principles yet were also perpetrators of the most violent forms of transgression. Personally, I consider both, w/emphasis on today and future.
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How do you explain that he original Declaration said “All men are created equal except the Indian who is a savage and is not human? Please explain. Please acknowledge this.
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Idk, maybe we shouldnt be following a piece of paper that was written without the input of women and minorities 🤷‍♂️