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Salon Attacks The Declaration Of Independence
[DAILYWIRE] By JOSH HAMMERThe leftist ingrates at Salon have decided to "celebrate" Independence Day ‐ which is celebrated on July 4th for the sole reason that our beautiful republic's Declaration of Independence was ratified on that day in Philadelphia in 1776 ‐ today in a rather peculiar manner. In what can only be described as a dissemination of the most stereotypically woke of all stereotypically woke takes, the Salon dullards today tweeted: "Despite its positive impact on history, the #DeclarationOfIndependence was also a product of its time‐and bears some of the shortcomings of its era, including racism, sexism and prejudice against #NativeAmericans." The accompanying piece, courtesy of an obscure Ph.D. named Matthew Rozsa, concludes that America's Founding Fathers "were fallible human beings, and some of their flaws had terrible consequences for people who were not fortunate enough to be born into privileged groups." Here's the bad news: Human beings are fallible. We all come with flaws. Sometimes our feet and/or our pits stink. We pass gas at least a dozen times a day. We poop. We have the occasional unseemly thought. We're not angels. Except for most children under ten, we're not even angelic. Bravery isn't foolishly rushing into a burning building or gunfire or a sinking ship. It's overcoming the natural fear that such acts induce to perform the act. Likewise, greatness involves overcoming our natural faults, the ones we all have, to achieve something that's of value to the nation, even to future generations. Ben Franklin used to chase women. Alexander Hamilton cheated on his wife and was accused of embezzling government money. John Hancock was arrested for smuggling and had his ship impounded. Thomas Jefferson used to sleep with Sally Hemings. It's my guess that Sally came to his bed willingly enough; not all women are Xanthippe. Most intelligent women, and I'm assuming she was, are drawn to greatness, even greatness with smelly feet or occasional gas or the occasional racing stripe in his underwear. Which means that our nation was founded by human beings. Tell us something we didn't know. They were human beings who managed to overcome their individual faults to try and craft a system that balanced individual liberty with the minimal requirements of government, to take thirteen independent states--remember Confederation came before federation--and mold them into one. The fact that we've lasted 250 years is remarkable. Very few other nations have such a record. Other than Britain, no other pops to mind. I'd call that something to be proud of. Posted by: Fred 2019-07-04 |
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