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[–] SChalice 1 point -1 points (+0|-1) ago 

I'm a whiney ideal MFer. None of this shit matters. Get real.

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[–] MoneyIsTiming ago 

Water is wet

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[–] another_dot ago 

The Tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of Patriots and Tyrants.

old Tom knew what was up..

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[–] cyclops1771 ago 

Pretty sure Tom was approving of the Terror with that comment, and directing it against his political foes, including President Washington, WHILE Secretary of State. Tom was a snobbish elite hyprocrite. Had some damn good ideas, though.

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[–] BurninEpix ago 

*was

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[–] thelma ago 

https://hooktube.com/watch?v=mDYNuD4CwlI

That's why I have 324 gats.

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[–] fusir 1 point 0 points (+1|-1) ago 

Actually seeing as it grants several powers... The bill of rights is a restraint on the government.

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[–] cyclops1771 ago 

What power does it "grant"?

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[–] fusir 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

The power to regulate what you sell across your state's boarder so almost all commerse.

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[–] xobodox 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

And, they don't have the numbers to protect you. If you go along with it, they will "protect" you.

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[–] SolarBaby 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

Yet people are not uncomfortable enough yet to risk their lives to put things right.

I think were the USA embroiled in a civil war the bigger threat may well be a country such as China taking advantage of the situation to stage their own invasion.

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[–] Dysnomia 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

The US gov would probably try to ally itself with China if there was ever an insurrection.

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[–] cyclops1771 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Wait, wasn't Patrick Henry virulently ANTI-Constitution?

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[–] rejectedfromreddit ago 

I'm not familiar with any of his thoughts other than "Give me liberty or give me death...". Do you have any recommended reading?

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[–] cyclops1771 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

I checked my display library and couldn't find one, and then I went up to my "stacks" and also could not locate one. Apparently, I do not own a biography of Patrick Henry to recommend. I must have gained my knowledge of him through secondary sources - Chernow's Hamilton , McCullough's John Adams, Avlon's Washington's farewell, Ellis' His excellency or Broadwell's George Mason or Leonard White's series on the early parties (Federalists, Jeffersonians, and Jacksonians.) Those are what I have downstairs. I'm sure there are more upstairs that mention Henry's opposition.

I remember he famously denied Madison from being named the first senator from Virginia, so Madison had to run for Congress as a Representative. Henry called the Constitution a reformation of the tyranny of King George. Maybe he came around in his later years. (?)

I'll have to check the local history bookstore next time I am there for a PH Bio.

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