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In reply to the discussion: Does it bother you even one little whit as a Democrat ?? [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)Why would someone raise such an unrelated issue as the more than two hundred year old individuals who created something that has benefited humanity when they are all long dead and the invention they created led the way to rights for all Americans?
My question was about the creation, not the creators. If I want to talk about the people I will ask about the people.
Here, let me make it simple, although frankly I don't it's necessary.
Let's say the inventor of the wheel was a scumbag. Should we destroy the wheel because the inventor was a scumbag? Or should we use his scumbagginess as an excuse to get rid of the wheel, because we don't like the wheel?
Because I am going to perfectly honest. Your statement led me to believe that because some of the FFs were slave owners, (and fyi some of them considered it a 'great evil') you think what they wrote is worthless.
I wanted to be sure, because until something changes, the Constitution is the foundation of the granting of rights and of law in this country. It is the only thing mentioned in the Oaths of Office of all of our elected officials and of the military, that they are asked to swear to defend. It's entirely possible that I was wrong about what you meant. So I asked, to be sure.
You don't have to answer the question, and I will simply stick with my own impression of what you were trying to say.