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In response to
"i get that. i think every country's history is glorified and made slightly mythic."
by
Andie
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The reverence for our "Founding Fathers" is annoying...
Posted by
Mel Profit (aka Mel Profit)
May 29 '12, 07:14
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they weren't entirely a group of homogeneous pious idealists. They contested *everything* from a variety of view points while mostly cravenly protecting their own interests while vaguely aware of ideas from the Enlightenment.
The deification of them especially by the Teabaggers most recently is amusing.
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