Consider this as a clue to how fucked we are as a country.

[malthaussen]

21. I disagree with your assessment of our Founders.

The Enlightenment revolution was only intended to go so far, and never except in the most radical of minds was intended to extend to women, non-Europeans, or non-christians (the latter, for precision, should be understood as "openly professed" christians, as their private beliefs might well have been deist or even atheist). I do agree that the importance of education was recognized, and many colonial charters and state constitutions included some kind of "universal" public education, for that value of "universal" that equated to white males who were willing to tolerate and act in accordance with the Christian gospel. As to privilege, though, I cannot imagine why you would say the Founders insisted on "equality" in that respect.

-- Mal