The point of the questions was to show that our founding fathers were the liberals of their day...they were not not conservatives, as the corporate media and right wingers spin.
I wanted to witness conservative reactions to the actual words of our founding fathers.
I also wanted to introduce the words of a couple of other conservatives...to show how what passes for conservatism today is not conservative, but rather right wing extremism camouflaged by corporate spin to represent American values and conservatism. It’s a fraud. The conservatives are a fraud
2007-06-06
14:39:34
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4 answers
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asked by
Peace Warrior
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Politics & Government
➔ Politics
1.“ As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality."
2. "Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause. I had hoped that liberal and enlightened thought would have reconciled the Christians so that their religious fights would not endanger the peace of Society.”
3. “How has it happened that millions of myths, fables, legends and tales have been blended with Jewish and Christian fables and myths and have made them the most bloody religion that has ever existed? Filled with the sordid and detestable purposes of superstition and fraud?”
2007-06-06
14:41:27 ·
update #1
4.“In every country and in every age the priest [any and every clergyman] has been hostile to liberty; he is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in return for protection to his own.”
5.“The most detestable wickedness, the most horrid cruelties, and the greatest miseries that have afflicted the human race have had their origin in this thing called revelation, or revealed religion. It has been the most destructive to the peace of man since man began to exist. Among the most detestable villains in history, you could not find one worse than Moses, who gave an order to butcher the boys, to massacre the mothers and then rape the daughters. One of the most horrible atrocities found in the literature of any nation. I would not dishonor my Creator's name by attaching it to this filthy book.”
2007-06-06
14:44:10 ·
update #2
6. “The Infinite Father expects or requires no worship or praise from us.”
7.“Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church and the private school supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate.”
8. "I don't have any respect for the Religious Right."
and
"A woman has a right to an abortion."
1. George Washington
2. George Washington
3. John Adams
4. Thomas Jefferson
5. Thomas Paine
6. Benjamin Franklin
7. US Grant
8. Barry Goldwater
Who did the conservatives credit the quotes to......
"Saddam Hussein"
"Hitler"
"some kind of idiot"
"Kim Jung IL"
"crap from any given liberal"
Illuminating
2007-06-06
14:55:47 ·
update #3