Just think, if the insurrection of 1776CE had been crushed, such hoopy froods as Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin would be remembered as traitors and the stars and stripes a symbol of treason. This would be just another day.
Only in the US is a failed rebellion romanticized. That status were erected to venerate traitors to the union and a battle flag of treason is flown in certain places and at certain events. Only in the US is treason a virtue, and those who would champion this concept as virtue hypocritically call themselves patriots.
Isn't that something?
I heard a interesting interview on "Hidden Brain" on NPR...interviewing a black professor who has written extensively about Jefferson. She gave what seemed an accurate picture: a conflicted man, brilliant, who made choices and tried to reconcile them with what he knew he was passing by: the slavery issue.
ReplyDeleteI hope you're doing well, Robbie. I'm in Seattle, weathering the storm, so to speak, doing ok but the isolation and inactivity are taking a toll.
Take care my friend.
Mike
I saw that. Jefferson and Franklin are my two favorites of the founding fathers.
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Since my post, Emily's bf has apparently be exposed, so things are in a bit of a turmoil here. I'll figure out best course for here, and see that they comply. Not great news for me, but it is what it is.
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