The stated aims of the DOI and the Constitution must have a huge asterisk appended. Those men, they were all rich white men, espoused high ideals of equality, but we're clearly interested only in the equality of white rich men. Slaves, itinerant dirt farmers, tradesmen, and ALL women were not included in their concept of equality. To tha…
The stated aims of the DOI and the Constitution must have a huge asterisk appended. Those men, they were all rich white men, espoused high ideals of equality, but we're clearly interested only in the equality of white rich men. Slaves, itinerant dirt farmers, tradesmen, and ALL women were not included in their concept of equality. To that extent, "originalist" rulings of the Courts make a great deal of sense. The actual fact is that "conservatives" now and revolutionaries then were TERRIFIED of true equality.
The stated aims of the DOI and the Constitution must have a huge asterisk appended. Those men, they were all rich white men, espoused high ideals of equality, but we're clearly interested only in the equality of white rich men. Slaves, itinerant dirt farmers, tradesmen, and ALL women were not included in their concept of equality. To that extent, "originalist" rulings of the Courts make a great deal of sense. The actual fact is that "conservatives" now and revolutionaries then were TERRIFIED of true equality.