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2017-07-04 Home Front: Culture Wars

The Declaration Of Independence Has Been Mocked Out Of Meaning

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Posted by Besoeker 2017-07-04 09:34|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top

#1 Some food for thought, or possibly not.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-07-04 09:38|| 2017-07-04 09:38|| Front Page Top

#2 It is fair to say that the Declaration of Independence has been mocked out of meaning.

Maybe, but I think there are many patriots within the country who value the principles of the Founders. The founders and signers of the Declaration of Independence showed much courage. There was great risk in doing what they did. "In doing so, they knew the signers were inviting a declaration of war by England. They knew that, they would be deemed traitors, they would be possibly forfeiting all their possessions and maybe their lives to the crown. In signing the document, they were putting bounties on their own heads.

How many would be willing to forfeit everything today if push came to shove. Today, the threats appear to be more from within than from without.

Posted by JohnQC 2017-07-04 10:25|| 2017-07-04 10:25|| Front Page Top

#3 Free means free. It doesn't mean free to be only what you want me to be. Period.

Posted by M. Murcek 2017-07-04 11:42|| 2017-07-04 11:42|| Front Page Top

#4 Free means free. It doesn't mean free to be only what you want me to be. Period

Depends. The concept of Liberty differed between the Virginian, the New Englander, the Pennsylvanian, and the 'Westerner'.

The miracle was that they eventually agreed to work together.

Posted by Pappy 2017-07-04 11:51|| 2017-07-04 11:51|| Front Page Top

#5 ..protecting the natural rights of Englishmen.

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-07-04 13:31|| 2017-07-04 13:31|| Front Page Top

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