Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers)

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Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers)

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RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers)

July 22, 2013 at 3:03 pm

The fact that anyone quotes anyone else from 200 fucking years ago to somehow try and justify their own views is pretty laughable in my opinion.

For example, I've heard some people quote the 'founding fathers' to support their own views of freedom, yet many of these people from 200 years ago kept slaves. Seems a tad contradictory. IMO we're living in a very different world to what the founding fathers were back then, so quoting them as though they have any say/authority on matters of today is usually misguided and irrelevant.

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Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by Bad Writer - July 22, 2013 at 11:36 am

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by Napoléon - July 22, 2013 at 3:03 pm

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by Bad Writer - July 22, 2013 at 3:07 pm

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by Michael Schubert - July 24, 2013 at 2:51 am

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by Minimalist - July 22, 2013 at 3:47 pm

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by Bad Writer - July 22, 2013 at 3:50 pm

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by Rahul - July 22, 2013 at 3:51 pm

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by Bad Writer - July 22, 2013 at 3:53 pm

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by Angrboda - July 23, 2013 at 1:08 am

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by Bad Writer - July 23, 2013 at 9:08 am

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by Minimalist - July 23, 2013 at 8:42 pm

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by Something completely different - July 23, 2013 at 9:26 pm

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by Chas - July 23, 2013 at 10:49 pm

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by Something completely different - July 23, 2013 at 11:15 pm

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by Chas - July 23, 2013 at 11:29 pm

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by Something completely different - July 24, 2013 at 12:55 am

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by Chas - July 24, 2013 at 11:11 am

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by popeyespappy - July 23, 2013 at 9:48 pm

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by Bad Writer - July 23, 2013 at 10:08 pm

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by popeyespappy - July 23, 2013 at 10:50 pm

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by Doubting Thomas - July 24, 2013 at 1:43 pm

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by Polaris - July 23, 2013 at 9:57 pm

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by Minimalist - July 23, 2013 at 10:10 pm

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by popeyespappy - July 23, 2013 at 10:29 pm

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by Minimalist - July 23, 2013 at 10:44 pm

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by Bad Writer - July 23, 2013 at 11:03 pm

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by popeyespappy - July 23, 2013 at 11:17 pm

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by Minimalist - July 24, 2013 at 2:50 am

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by Minimalist - July 24, 2013 at 2:31 pm

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by downbeatplumb - July 24, 2013 at 2:37 pm

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by Doubting Thomas - July 24, 2013 at 5:32 pm

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by Minimalist - July 24, 2013 at 2:43 pm

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by Gilgamesh - July 24, 2013 at 4:38 pm

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by Chas - July 24, 2013 at 5:20 pm

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by Gilgamesh - July 24, 2013 at 5:26 pm

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by Chas - July 25, 2013 at 9:14 pm

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by Gilgamesh - July 25, 2013 at 11:03 pm

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by Chas - July 26, 2013 at 7:08 pm

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by Polaris - July 25, 2013 at 8:59 pm

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by Cato - July 27, 2013 at 1:37 am

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by Polaris - July 27, 2013 at 9:58 pm

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by Minimalist - July 24, 2013 at 5:35 pm

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by kılıç_mehmet - July 24, 2013 at 7:37 pm

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by Minimalist - July 24, 2013 at 8:59 pm

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by sarcasticgeographer - July 26, 2013 at 7:00 pm

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by Minimalist - July 26, 2013 at 7:20 pm

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by sarcasticgeographer - July 26, 2013 at 7:23 pm

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by Minimalist - July 27, 2013 at 12:30 am

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by Rahul - July 26, 2013 at 7:27 pm

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by Minimalist - July 27, 2013 at 10:58 pm

RE: Misrepresenting our Founding Fathers (to include other notable free-thinkers) - by Polaris - July 27, 2013 at 11:23 pm

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