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MADem

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11. They worked very hard to construct an artsy representation of a complete FAKE, it looks like....

Reply to a la izquierda (Reply #10)

Wed Dec 28, 2011, 10:50 AM

Dec 2011

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According to the Jefferson Encyclopedia, the earliest printed reference to this quotation found so far appeared in a 1937 Congressional subcommittee report, which means there is no known record of these words having been attached to Jefferson's name until well more than a century after his death (1826). And even though this quotation has bedeviled historians for several decades now, no one has yet turned up any Jeffersonian speeches or writings or other documentation demonstrating that Thomas Jefferson ever uttered or wrote these words.

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Someone dropped this off at Freedom Plaza last night (Occupy Nashville) [View all] kpete Dec 2011 OP

GREAT stuff! Thanks for posting the images- BeHereNow Dec 2011 #1

Thomas Jefferson doesn't exist according to the reactionary right-wing ... Fantastic Anarchist Dec 2011 #2

WWPSS?* Lefta Dissenter Dec 2011 #3

Something hypocritical ... nt Fantastic Anarchist Dec 2011 #4

Seriously? That's a new one on me n/t eridani Dec 2011 #5

Here... Luminous Animal Dec 2011 #7

Oh, OK. I thought that the prior post meant that they thought eridani Dec 2011 #8

They go beyond not quoting him. xxqqqzme Dec 2011 #20

Superb, thanks for posting! Fire Walk With Me Dec 2011 #6

WOW! that is awesome. Love, love this! :-D secondwind Dec 2011 #9

Parts of/all of that quote are misleading, inaccurate, a la izquierda Dec 2011 #10

They worked very hard to construct an artsy representation of a complete FAKE, it looks like.... MADem Dec 2011 #11

Post removed Post removed Dec 2011 #12

Wow. a la izquierda Dec 2011 #15

Anything AT ALL to shit down their necks, right MADem? Occulus Dec 2011 #13

Excuse me, but I'm a historian, and I think your comment is utter bullshit. a la izquierda Dec 2011 #14

Thank you. MADem Dec 2011 #19

Well, last week it was the "Mayan" city found in Georgia. a la izquierda Dec 2011 #27

I saw that thread. MADem Dec 2011 #28

I beg your rude pardon? You think putting up bullshit propaganda--total lies--is HELPFUL? MADem Dec 2011 #18

Yep a la izquierda Dec 2011 #16

It's not inconsistent with Jefferson's known thoughts/writings, however Land Shark Dec 2011 #17

Doesn't matter. a la izquierda Dec 2011 #25

It does seem anachronistic, since corporate charters weren't at all common eridani Dec 2011 #24

Here is a Jefferson quote concerning aristocracy, taken from one of his letters to John Adams: Zorra Dec 2011 #22

Fine. But corporations and the aristocracy are very different animals. a la izquierda Dec 2011 #26

Wish we had some billboards all over the nation for that kind of things. We could replace all those jwirr Dec 2011 #21

K&R (nt) T S Justly Dec 2011 #23