Qasim Rashid, Esq.Jul 3, 2023

A Republican got offended I called the founding U.S. citizens "colonizers,"—rebuking me that “the original 13 colonies were beacons of freedom.”

I asked him to repeat that part...slowly. Apparently "colonies" is respectful—but calling those who built colonies "colonizers" is not.🤔

Also, I'm sure the enslaved, Native Americans, women, and anyone not a WASP wealthy land owner would likely disagree with that whole "beacon of freedom" part.

Show threadTexty the BardJul 3, 2023
@QasimRashid I always ask: freedom for whom? Literally the only people the founders wanted to set "free" were white male commoners. The injustice they opposed was monarchy and nobility by birth. That other people might also deserve freedom wasn't part of their worldview.
Show threadJohn O’Donnell
@textualdeviance @QasimRashid
As far as the British Puritans disliked monarchy, they only disliked Charles II because he wouldn’t hang Catholics and allowed the theatres to stay open.
They wanted a very specific sort of freedom, which was the freedom to be absolute bastards to everyone.
Jul 3, 2023 at 12:20pmWeb