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 threadToni Aittoniemi

@textualdeviance @QasimRashid Excellent answer!

It’s not as if freedom from one tyranny has to automatically mean other tyrannies are magically resolved in one go! 😃

Narratives for #freedom are problematic in that way. They need to be powerful in order to captivate people to rise up, but to be powerful they often need to simple. Too simple.

Jul 3, 2023 at 9:59pmWeb