• BassaForte@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    The people who wrote the Constitution had just fought a tyrannical government (the Brits) and wanted to ensure future citizens of the country could do that again, if needed. It wasn’t a case of “lol let’s give them guns and see what happens”.

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      5 months ago

      LMAO, they wanted the slave owning states and whites to continue to be racists and the ruling class. If anything you said was true, segregation, a typical for a tyrannical government wouldn’t have endured till 70s. But you do you.

      Twisting historical events, my ass.

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        5 months ago

        Yep, it’s true they wanted to have* slaves and for* whites to be the ruling class. But what I said about the second amendment being a (partial) result of the revolutionary war is also true. It’s almost like two things can be true at the same time.

        I suspect you think that because I said something positive about the second amendment, I’m also in favor of slavery and whites being the ruling class? Maybe don’t twist my words like you twist historical events.

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        5 months ago

        I understand it’s a meme, but I’m not sure I agree with twisting historical events, intentionally or not.