In commemoration of 120th Anniversary of Frederick Douglass’ “The Meaning of July Fourth for the Negro”
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Oh dammit. Now I ship The US/Great Britain
thanks silly graphic.
“Listen, you have to let me be represented. I can’t just…keep giving you my heart and my taxes and not be a bigger part of your government. I want more than that. I deserve more than that.”
“You know I can’t. You knew that from the moment you went so far away. I just…this is what I have to give. I don’t have anymore. For God’s sake, there’s an ocean between us!”
“Fine. You know what, fine. Here, just, see all this goddamn tea you gave me? Well you can take it back. Here, fish it out of the harbor for all I care.”
“Don’t do this.”
“I have no choice. I’ll never be anything more than a colony to you.”
“America—”
“No, Britain. Don’t.”
“I can’t just let you go, you know that. I’ll fight for you if I have to.”
“And I will fight back.”
This is the sort of thing that makes me love Tumblr.
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Happy 4th of July!
I swear, I’m done. No more Fourth of July posts
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Today, we celebrate the Declaration of Independence, but haven’t you ever wondered how the British reacted to it?
Did you know there was a rebuttal?
Well, there was. A 142 page rebuttal by a Tory pamphleteer named John Lind titled ‘Answer to the Declaration of the American Congress’, and written in the same snarky tone as an attack ad.
But like most attack ads, it also contained a few facts that the rebels didn’t want to face. You remember the part where the Declaration says King George (quote) ‘has incited domestic insurrections among us…’?
John Lind points out that what the rebels were really upset about was that the King had ‘offered freedom to the slaves.’ Quote: ‘Is it for them to say that it is tyranny to bid a slave be free?’
Lind goes on to mock the founders for writing noble words stating, ‘all men are created equal’ and asserting ‘Life Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness’ and then in the same document, complaining about the King for encouraging the slaves to rise up.
‘Is it for them to complain of the offer of freedom held out to these wretched beings? of the offer of reinstating that equality, which, in this very paper, is declared to be the gift of God to all?’
Of course the British knew a wedge issue when they saw it, and they also had a military agenda in wanting to free the slaves.
But even as we celebrate our separation from the mother country, we have to acknowledge, as Jefferson himself would have, that on this point at least, Mom was right.
"— CBS Radio commentary from DAVE ROSS on this Independence Day. (via inothernews)
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A lovely and festive drink for this upcoming Independence Day:
- Brew a strong cup of tea, any kind.
- Throw tea into nearest harbour.
- Fuck bitches.
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