Judging the past through the eyes of the present is misleading and ignorant. (Regarding the whole slavery issue)
A constitution banning slavery would have never been ratified or the newly formed republic would have quickly disintegrated. Most likely slavery would have persisted for much longer. Nowhere in history has such a widespread institution been done away with so quickly and against the consensus of the rest of the world. The West is solely responsible for the end of that horrible institution and without things like the the Constitution and the principles it embodied slavery would probably still live in the West today. (Hell, it still does in some parts of Africa) It is well documented how the founding fathers felt about the issue but they also understood that pushing for abolition would have been counter productive.*
But then again this is just a demagogic cheap shot to distract from the real issue which is the proven benefits of a limited government and a desire to return to one. Emotional slight of hands like this conveniently, and knowingly, turn the topic away from what people invoking the “original constitution” are talking about. Limited government.
*If anyone’s truly interested in the the direction that the comic takes the topic I would suggest reading Thomas Sowell’s “Black Rednecks and White Liberals”. It addresses among other things the slights against the founders of our country and the atmosphere surrounding the issues of slavery and abolition from before the revolution to the present.
Judging the past through the eyes of the present is misleading and ignorant. (Regarding the whole slavery issue)
A constitution banning slavery would have never been ratified or the newly formed republic would have quickly disintegrated. Most likely slavery would have persisted for much longer. Nowhere in history has such a widespread institution been done away with so quickly and against the consensus of the rest of the world. The West is solely responsible for the end of that horrible institution and without things like the the Constitution and the principles it embodied slavery would probably still live in the West today. (Hell, it still does in some parts of Africa) It is well documented how the founding fathers felt about the issue but they also understood that pushing for abolition would have been counter productive.*
But then again this is just a demagogic cheap shot to distract from the real issue which is the proven benefits of a limited government and a desire to return to one. Emotional slight of hands like this conveniently, and knowingly, turn the topic away from what people invoking the “original constitution” are talking about. Limited government.
*If anyone’s truly interested in the the direction that the comic takes the topic I would suggest reading Thomas Sowell’s “Black Rednecks and White Liberals”. It addresses among other things the slights against the founders of our country and the atmosphere surrounding the issues of slavery and abolition from before the revolution to the present.