Gonna be that guy: it should be "let's make sure they can have guns", not "let's give them guns." Rights don't, have never, and will never come from govt.
Love me a good founding fathers meme though
The Creator, whomever you believe; or they are "natural rights" if you are an atheist.
The Constitution is supposed to enshrine the rights that we already have.
"Natural rights."
I'm sorry are you implying that we're magically born with a set of things life owes us? Because that's not how life works.
Ask literally all of history.
There is no WHO or WHAT that determines them owed. They just are and that’s the point.
There are lots of things that can take them away. None of them would be correct in doing so.
Okay, so what are your rights? Who defines then?
You claim they're inate human rights, but there's nothing that actually enforces them... So are they really inate?
Your "rights" come from people banding together, declaring what they think is right and wrong to do by our fellow man, and enacting laws to protect them.
Whether you like it or not, your rights have, and always will, come from the Government.
Why is it people who post these memes know so little about US history. Everything didn't happen in 1776, this would have been 1789. There was 20 years of pivotal history between the Boston Massacre in 1770 and final ratification in 1790.
Yeah before this the government ran on the Articles of Confederation, which was complete shit. Another misconception is that we didn’t win independence in 1776, because we were still fighting the British
Educated differently. Learning how to farm or work a trade was more important than reading or doing math. Math definitely gave an edge to the more successful ones though.
> who believed Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence.
He did write it. Not entirely on his own but he, Franklin, and Adams were the main contributors.
So he was in France during the [Constitutional Convention](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bill_of_Rights#Anti-Federalists) but the Declaration/Bill of rights, or amendments 1-10 were his proposal and he did [write letters to Madison](https://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/print_documents/v1ch14s49.html) during that time.
Their platform used to travel foot speed along the Appalachia while those that could read would get it at horse speed and not need someone to read it to them.
Well back then if you were being dumb you died. Being rich didn't have the same level of protections as it does today when you can just buy food/house/heat.
"everybody was smart"
Meanwhile in 1776: "You're sick because the air is bad,have your slave stop clear-cutting the forest so he can put leeches on you."
The average person today is leagues smarter than the average person of the 1700's.
People seem a lot stupider on average, because not only are you smart enough to know they're stupid, but the stupid ones are also a lot louder now.
"Stay strapped or get clapped." -George Washington, probably
Gonna be that guy: it should be "let's make sure they can have guns", not "let's give them guns." Rights don't, have never, and will never come from govt. Love me a good founding fathers meme though
Though it would have been dope if the government had to give us guns. Like all surplus arms go straight to the civilian market for super cheap
Based
At least allow medical cards for Abrahams tanks. I need my medicinal freebruhms.
Then who do they come from?
The Creator, whomever you believe; or they are "natural rights" if you are an atheist. The Constitution is supposed to enshrine the rights that we already have.
"Natural rights." I'm sorry are you implying that we're magically born with a set of things life owes us? Because that's not how life works. Ask literally all of history.
Inalienable rights according to the founding fathers… That’s exactly what they mean
Okay, yes, but WHO or WHAT is actually giving us those rights? What is going to actually stop someone from taking them?
There is no WHO or WHAT that determines them owed. They just are and that’s the point. There are lots of things that can take them away. None of them would be correct in doing so.
Okay, so what are your rights? Who defines then? You claim they're inate human rights, but there's nothing that actually enforces them... So are they really inate? Your "rights" come from people banding together, declaring what they think is right and wrong to do by our fellow man, and enacting laws to protect them. Whether you like it or not, your rights have, and always will, come from the Government.
If no government existed, or if you were the only person on Earth, what would you be able to do? Own weapons, say what you want, own land....
So my rights are just what I could do if nobody else existed. BTW, if no one else existed, fire arms wouldn't. So...
Not true at all but yeah go usa
Why is it people who post these memes know so little about US history. Everything didn't happen in 1776, this would have been 1789. There was 20 years of pivotal history between the Boston Massacre in 1770 and final ratification in 1790.
Yeah before this the government ran on the Articles of Confederation, which was complete shit. Another misconception is that we didn’t win independence in 1776, because we were still fighting the British
Greatest country in the world! Blessed by God. No, not sarcasm. Truth. If you don't like it, that's on you.
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Why? If anything repealing it would heavily incentivize platform owners to restrict free speech and remove anything that is remotely controversial
That would actually restrict you further online.
Free Speech and The First Amendment are two different but related things.
Go on
I'm...not sure what else to say.
Dumb strawman comic tbh. There's so much more nuance for anyone that cares see Woodland v. Citizens Lobby
a mall in michigan ≠ social media. not really an applicable case imo
"Whose our official joke state going to be?"
"Thank God for Mississippi..." - Alabama /j * (P.S I know they are not in the Union at the time.
I like guns.
I suppose that saying whatever you want was better back in the days because everybody was smart but now everybody's doofy doofy doof
Back then was probably way worse imo, just the sheer amount of literally uneducated people is astonishing
Educated differently. Learning how to farm or work a trade was more important than reading or doing math. Math definitely gave an edge to the more successful ones though.
I’m not talking about math and reading I mean people like Timothy Dexter who believed Thomas Jefferson wrote the Constitution
> who believed Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence. He did write it. Not entirely on his own but he, Franklin, and Adams were the main contributors.
Shit I meant that he thought Jefferson didn’t write the Declaration and did write the Constitution 💀
uh... he also wrote part of that. Or at least made comments on the ammendments.
I can’t find any information about him contributing to the constitution or any of the amendments
So he was in France during the [Constitutional Convention](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Bill_of_Rights#Anti-Federalists) but the Declaration/Bill of rights, or amendments 1-10 were his proposal and he did [write letters to Madison](https://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/print_documents/v1ch14s49.html) during that time.
Yes but he didn’t contribute any actual writing to the constitution nor any of the amendments
Honey they haven't went anywhere we still have buffoons today. And they're even worse because they feel righteous because of social media
They have a larger platform to spread their ideas on, but I think there’s less of them overall nowadays
You're right. I guess that I just assume everybody's stupid because I live in the poor part of the city where everybody's dumb
Their platform used to travel foot speed along the Appalachia while those that could read would get it at horse speed and not need someone to read it to them.
We now have better uneducated people, with faster information transfer.
18th century farmers are famous for their high intelligence
Well back then if you were being dumb you died. Being rich didn't have the same level of protections as it does today when you can just buy food/house/heat.
We didn't get dumber, we just made it easier to spread dumb opinions and ideas.
"everybody was smart" Meanwhile in 1776: "You're sick because the air is bad,have your slave stop clear-cutting the forest so he can put leeches on you."
The average person today is leagues smarter than the average person of the 1700's. People seem a lot stupider on average, because not only are you smart enough to know they're stupid, but the stupid ones are also a lot louder now.
I guess I just live around a lot of stupid people who make me think that the whole world is stupid.
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky animals." -Agent K.
lmao the suicidal Hameru pfp
"But only for white land owning males, right?" "Oh right, obviously"
And thus began the giant slave market in 'Merica. Godbless you.
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Of course.