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Tommy Explains | THE UNITED STATES WAS FOUNDED BY MEN WHO OWNED SLAVES; AND DIDN'T EXTEND RIGHTS TO WOMEN; LET'S STOP PRETENDING THEY WERE INFALLIBLE GENIUSES | image tagged in tommy explains | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
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5 ups, 3y
Plus they all didn't agree with each other.
4 ups, 3y
It’s a lie that the US is built on Christian values. Our Constitution is SECULAR
2 ups, 3y
Let's not forget that Thomas Jefferson was a pedophile who raped a fourteen year old slave girl.
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Yeah, false generalization fallacy right there. SOME owned slaves, but others vehemently opposed the practice. SOME argued that only men should vote, but others clearly thought otherwise.

We should judge them by the work they produced; a document which has been lauded 'round the world as the single greatest foundation for a system of government in history.
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EVERYONE WITH A RED DOT OVER THEIR FACE OWNED SLAVES. EVERY. SINGLE. ONE. | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
The abolitionists among the founding fathers was a minuscule faction, at its greatest moment. .

Ben Franklin owned slaves. His newspapers ran ads for slaves to be bought or sold.

I don't know of a single FF that was in favor of having women vote.
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0 ups, 3y
No duh Franklin owned slaves. I never said he didn't. What I said was that, since not all did and some opposed it (as you acknowledge), then we can't pretend slavery was considered something upon which the nation should be founded. That's BS. It was an ugly reality that had to be factored into compromises between the states. The choice was either have a nation now and work to improve it down the road or have no nation and render the entire War for Independence moot.

As far as the women's suffrage movement, it had its roots in the 1780's-90's. Given many of the Founders were in the odd-and-hypocritical, "own-slaves-but-supported-ending-it" basket, it is no stretch to assume many would also support equal rights for women in the civil sphere entirely.
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