As citizens of America celebrate the 4th of July during this fine summer holiday season, one would do well to reflect on the spirit of our Founders, who fought a full on Revolutionary War in order to secure it's country's people then and until today rights and liberties that would not only keep our nation as founded free from the tyranny of foreign rule, but also - in a more direct and simple sense - free in the commonplace usage of the sometimes maligned quasi-theological term "Freedom".
I refer to Freedom as the founders utilized the term, in a religious sense.
Think of the most famous saying in the founding documents: "All men are created equal."
This is a type of negative freedom that, more than anything, was just one indication that after the struggle for independence the founders wanted the 'people' to be the rulers of America - not themselves. It's an astonishingly self-effacing value to enshrine in the DNA of a fledgling democracy to be sure!
Think of the story of post-revolution America. The people of America's first free choice under a democratic country was to enshrine George Washington as official 'King of America'!
Fortunately for us, Washington declined (probably with a bemused grin).
So for all of you never-Trumpers out there, I would merely ask you to consider a single meme (if you will) for this 4th of July holiday...
Trump's inaugural adress!
Anyone who even halfway listened to the content of the speech should be able to easily recall how our now democratically elected POTUS repeated - over and over - that his intent in leadership was to "give the country back to the American people".
Well that's precisely what the founders had in mind when they created the United States of America!
So as we safely and securely en masse celebrate Independence day in this year of our Lord, let's remember the native soldiers who lost their lives so that every generation of citizens from then on could enjoy true Freedom.
But let's also recall to memory what they died for.
Domestic Democracy United 2018
I refer to Freedom as the founders utilized the term, in a religious sense.
Think of the most famous saying in the founding documents: "All men are created equal."
This is a type of negative freedom that, more than anything, was just one indication that after the struggle for independence the founders wanted the 'people' to be the rulers of America - not themselves. It's an astonishingly self-effacing value to enshrine in the DNA of a fledgling democracy to be sure!
Think of the story of post-revolution America. The people of America's first free choice under a democratic country was to enshrine George Washington as official 'King of America'!
Fortunately for us, Washington declined (probably with a bemused grin).
So for all of you never-Trumpers out there, I would merely ask you to consider a single meme (if you will) for this 4th of July holiday...
Trump's inaugural adress!
Anyone who even halfway listened to the content of the speech should be able to easily recall how our now democratically elected POTUS repeated - over and over - that his intent in leadership was to "give the country back to the American people".
Well that's precisely what the founders had in mind when they created the United States of America!
So as we safely and securely en masse celebrate Independence day in this year of our Lord, let's remember the native soldiers who lost their lives so that every generation of citizens from then on could enjoy true Freedom.
But let's also recall to memory what they died for.
Domestic Democracy United 2018
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