Wilder Publications thinks that the U.S. Constitution may be unfit for children to read! The publishing company has added a disclaimer warning parents: “This book is a product of it’s time and does not reflect the same values as it would if it were written today. Parents might wish to discuss with their children how views on race gender, sexuality, ethnicity and interpersonal relationships have changed since this book was written before allowing them to read this classic work.” Similar warnings also appear on their productions of “The Federalist Papers” and “The Declaration of Independence.”
Once again we are subjected to the new realities of the ‘Politically Correct’ world. For over a century, the Progressive movement has been active in distorting American history. In the early 20th Century, Ivy League law schools (Harvard, Yale and Princeton) stopped teaching the actual Constitution and instead focused on case law. The Constitution was no longer a sturdy foundation for our nation, but a ‘living document’ that could be reinterpreted as needed.
New editions of “The Federalist Papers” are rewritten in ‘modern language’, as experts believe that we are too stupid to understand the original intent of our Founding Fathers. This dumbing-down of classic literature includes the Holy Bible and even Shakespeare. Can you imagine what ‘The Bard’ would think if he heard his work today? “Hey Romeo! Where the &%@# are you?”
Once again the battle of ideals is raging as the documents which created our great nation are twisted and distorted. Take for example the standard Liberal-Progressive argument about how racist the Founding Fathers were for only counting slaves as 3/5ths of a citizen. Even Frederick Douglass understood that the ‘Three-Fifths Compromise’ was not against slaves but against slave states and their owners, limiting their Congressional representation. Free Blacks have always counted as full citizens in determining the number of Congressmen a state has.
This latest slap against truth and common sense by Wilder Publications, putting disclaimers on the U.S. Constitution, The Federalist Papers and the Declaration of Independence is just the one more sign. Only by such methods can they continue in their schemes to destroy Liberty and Freedom. The distortion of our history, of our origins, is part of the Liberal-Progressive-Socialist agenda.
June 11th, 2010 at 8:22 pm
If we let this stuff continue, we’re headed straight for communism – we’re well on our way unless things change quickly.
June 11th, 2010 at 9:39 pm
Dennis…you summed it up quite well.
June 12th, 2010 at 12:10 am
Agreed. Let’s repeal Texas new plans to alter educational curriculum immediately! Ther last thign we need is a bunch of stupid conservatives twisting the words fo history!
June 12th, 2010 at 12:33 am
If we let Dennis continue to spout paranoid bullcrap, Hit|er will rise from the dead.
Once again we are subjected to the new realities of the ‘Politically Correct’ world.
This was just as stupid when it appeared on Slashdot a few days ago. Some publisher slapped their standard disclaimer on the wrong book and the right has to have a sh|t-fit. The same right that decries political correctness also melts down if someone isn’t wearing the right flag pin or placing the right hand over their heart (in a forged photo) during the Pledge of Allegiance.
Once again the battle of ideals is raging as the documents which created our great nation are twisted and distorted. Take for example the standard Liberal-Progressive argument about how racist the Founding Fathers were for only counting slaves as 3/5ths of a citizen.
Yes, who could ever think that our slave-owning founding fathers were racist?
Yeah, slave-owning.
Thanks for setting the record straight yet again, Andy Z! But you missed an opportunity to claim MLK was a Republican!
June 12th, 2010 at 12:51 am
There is some truth that constitutional values are not in keeping with today’s America. But who/what is the cause? Liberal, statist, activist, socialist judges who interpret, not the Constitution, but previous rulings they deem as relavant to the case they are hearing, and they are immune to prosecution or other ramifications for thier dastardly decisions because they stand behind the stare decisis doctrine.
Our Constitution, ant Constitution, is a contract, and it is meant to shape a nation, not the other way around. It’s upside down and we are caught in a wagon wheel affect of eventual devestation.
June 12th, 2010 at 3:47 am
How does the De3claration go in modern language –
Hey King G MoFo WTF. We be jammin’ on outa here. LOL TTYL
Signed
DJ GW and the East Coast Posse
June 12th, 2010 at 4:16 am
@ Robbie G
You hit the nail on the head! You ought to send the publisher a resume and get a job rewriting history!
June 12th, 2010 at 4:24 am
@ ‘Me’
Don’t even go there. You know darn well that not every Founding Father was a slave-owner. Let’s not forget that those who were was because they were encouraged to do so by who…? The British Crown! Oh sure, they like to wash their hands and talk about how England ended the practice of slavery decades before those bumpstead Americans did. They started the whole practice in North America. I might add that most white colonists were slaves as well, shipped here as indentured servants.
June 12th, 2010 at 4:56 am
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June 12th, 2010 at 9:16 am
I’m trying to decide whats worse, maybe they’re equally elevant, the actual disregard and contempt for the constitution we see taking place whithin this administration right now or the DOEs indoctrination of an entire generation(s)
Either one will effect our kids and their kids.
Basically these kind of disclaimers are like some sort of subliminal invitation to vision the constitution as a flawed living breathing document which is the mindset these progressive weenies would love going to the polls
June 12th, 2010 at 9:51 am
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June 12th, 2010 at 9:55 am
I’d say they are equal, two sides of the same coin, the same bad penny.
June 12th, 2010 at 11:28 am
Don’t even go there. You know darn well that not every Founding Father was a slave-owner
Oh, I’ll go there alright. “Not every Founding Father was a slaveowner” does not discount those many who were. And there is no comparison between white colonists and black slaves.
I won’t entertain this discussion further as this is another one of your ideological dead ends.
June 12th, 2010 at 11:38 am
@ Me
Yup, facts are almost always coversation dead enders
June 12th, 2010 at 11:52 am
Yup, facts are almost always coversation dead enders
Realizing you’re talking to a brick wall is too.
June 12th, 2010 at 12:17 pm
Andy Z Says:
June 12th, 2010 at 4:24 am
@ ‘Me’
Don’t even go there. You know darn well that not every Founding Father was a slave-owner.
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No Arguement there
Let’s not forget that those who were was because they were encouraged to do so by who…? The British Crown!
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Ya, they twisted their arms real good…. their rubbery, rubbery arms.
Oh sure, they like to wash their hands and talk about how England ended the practice of slavery decades before those bumpstead Americans did. They started the whole practice in North America.
Agreed
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I might add that most white colonists were slaves as well, shipped here as indentured servants.
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Which is an indication of your lack of knowledge on the subject. Indentured servants served for temperary servitude to pay down debts and to pay for their crossing. While the king taxed the sh!t out of the colonists, it’s true, most of the servitude was to private englanders who were looking for venture capital.
Slaves had no such time limits or fees to pay back. They were kidnapped for free, or sold aginst their will by their own people, and were considered property, and therfor to be sold or bought as the “master” saw fit. Indentured servatns were also not always “white” or english, but also french, italian, and spanish. Slaves were always black africans.
June 12th, 2010 at 12:22 pm
Micky Says:
June 12th, 2010 at 9:16 am
I’m trying to decide whats worse, maybe they’re equally elevant, the actual disregard and contempt for the constitution we see taking place whithin this administration right now
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Once again micky, oyu misapply valid criticisms of Bush to Obama. There is absolutely no evidence that this administration is showing disregard for the constitution, nor contempt for it.
or the DOEs indoctrination of an entire generation(s)
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:’) How insincere of you
Either one will effect our kids and their kids.
Basically these kind of disclaimers are like some sort of subliminal invitation to vision the constitution as a flawed living breathing document which is the mindset these progressive weenies would love going to the polls
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Actually, the constitution IS a living, breathing document and the founding fathers knew that as people advanced in both culture and technology flaws would become apparent. They just wanted to make sure that it wasn’t altered or ammended for light or transient issues. Let the states take care of the little stuff, and the larger representation of the people, when serious issues are brought to bare, and decisions need to be made for the whole country, take care of the rest.
June 12th, 2010 at 12:24 pm
Micky Says:
June 12th, 2010 at 11:38 am
@ Me
Yup, facts are almost always coversation dead enders
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No, soem people jsut find it tedious teaching a lout that doesnt’ WANT to be tought or doesn’t think he/she has anything else to learn. It’s sad when the learning stops. You’re sad.
June 12th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
“Realizing you’re talking to a brick wall is too.”
Yeah, Me, you talking to yourself has nothing to do with the fact that facts bring conversations to ends.
June 12th, 2010 at 4:33 pm
Yeah, James, it was a regular fun-fest for indentured servants:
Let’s see what Wikipedia has to say on the subject:
“In addition to slaves (who were mostly from Africa), Europeans, including Irish,[3] Scottish,[4] English, and Germans,[5] immigrated to North America in substantial numbers as indentured servants,[6] particularly to the British Thirteen Colonies.[7] In the seventeenth century, nearly two-thirds of English settlers came as indentured servants, although indentured servitude was not a guaranteed route to economic autonomy. Given the high death rate, many servants did not live to the end of their terms.[8] In the 18th and early 19th century numerous Europeans traveled to the colonies as redemptioners, a form of indenture.[9]
“It has been estimated that the redemptioners comprised almost 80% of the total British and continental emigration to America prior to the Revolution.[10]”
Then a couple paragraphs later…
“Like slaves, servants could be bought and sold, could not marry without the permission of their owner, were subject to physical punishment, and saw their obligation to labor enforced by the courts. To ensure uninterrupted work by the female servants, the law lengthened the term of their indenture if they became pregnant. But unlike slaves, servants could look forward to a release from bondage. If they survived their period of labor, servants would receive a payment known as “freedom dues” and become free members of society. [14]
“On the other hand, this ideal was not always a reality for indentured servants. Both male and female laborers could be subject to violence, occasionally even resulting in death. The large number of servants who ran away or committed suicide suggests that the conditions of life during the period of bondage may not have been so different for the servant and the slave.[15] Female indentured servants in particular might be raped and/or sexually abused by their masters. Cases of successful prosecution for these crimes were very uncommon, as indentured servants were unlikely to have access to a magistrate, and social pressure to avoid such brutality could vary by geography and cultural norm. The situation was particularly difficult for indentured women, because in both low social class and sex, they were believed to be particularly prone to vice, making legal redress unusual.”
Yep, sounds like loads of fun! Where can I sign up?
June 12th, 2010 at 4:39 pm
Let’s repeat that one passage a second time just so we don’t forget it:
“On the other hand, this ideal was not always a reality for indentured servants. Both male and female laborers could be subject to violence, occasionally even resulting in death. The large number of servants who ran away or committed suicide suggests that the conditions of life during the period of bondage may not have been so different for the servant and the slave.[15]“
June 12th, 2010 at 4:46 pm
Here’s an interesting passage from Wikipedia’s source 15, “White Servitude” by Richard Hofstadter:
http://www.mc.cc.md.us/Departments/hpolscrv/whiteser.html
“The Love and Unity left Rotterdam for Philadelphia in May 1731 with more than 150 Palatines and a year later landed with 34, after having put in toward the end at Martha’s Vineyard for water and food. On the way rations became so low that water, rats, and mice were being sold, and the storage chests of the dead and dying were broken open and plundered by the captain and crew. A ship called the Good Intent – the names of eighteenth-century vessels often reek with irony – arrived off the American coast in the winter of 1751 but found herself unable to make port because of the weather; she was able to put in to harbor in the West Indies only after twenty-four weeks at sea. Nearly all of the passengers had died long before. The Sea Flower, which left Belfast with 106 passengers in 1741, was at sea sixteen weeks, and lost 46 passengers from starvation. When help arrived, six of the corpses had been cannibalized.”
June 12th, 2010 at 4:50 pm
And yet another passage from the same source as Post #22:
“Buyers came on shipboard to take their pick of the salably healthy immigrants, beginning a long process of examination and inspection with the muscles and the teeth, and ending with a conversational search for the required qualities of intelligence, civility, and docility. At Philadelphia buyers might be trying to find Germans and eschew the Scotch-Irish, who were reputed to be contumacious and work resistant and disposed to run away. Some buyers were “soul drivers” who bought packs of immigrants and brutally herded them on foot into the interior where they were offered along the way to ready purchasers. On the ships and at the docks there were final scenes of despair and frenzy as servants searched for lost articles of indenture, or lamented the disappearance of baggage, unexpected overcharges, the necessity of accepting indentures longer than their debts fairly required, the separation of families.”
June 12th, 2010 at 5:01 pm
Just one more passage:
“The typical servant had, in effect, sold his total working powers for four or five years or more in return for his passage plus a promise of minimal maintenance. After the initially small capital outlay, the master simply had to support him from day to day as his services were rendered, support which was reckoned to cost about thirteen or fourteen pounds a year. In Maryland, where exploitation was as intense as anywhere, the annual net yield, even from unskilled labor, was reckoned at around fifty pounds sterling. The chief temptation to the master was to drive the servant beyond his powers in the effort to get as much as possible out of him during limited years of service. The chief risk was that the servant might die early in service before his purchase price had been redeemed by his work. That he might run away was a secondary risk, though one against which the master had considerable protection.”
“”All the states of horror I ever had an idea of,” wrote a visitor to a convict ship, “are much short of what I saw this poor man in; chained to a board in a hole not above sixteen feet long, more than fifty with him; a collar and padlock about his neck, and chained to five of the most dreadful creatures I ever looked on.” Mortality could run very high: on one ship, the Honour, which arrived in Annapolis in 1720, twenty of the sixty-one convicts had died.”
I think that ought to do it.
June 12th, 2010 at 5:06 pm
“I think that ought to do it.”
You would think so but ready to be told its all bullsht, invalid, irrelevant, you missed the point that will soon be changed,their word is gospel gold truth and you got all from FOX because it secretly runs the entire MSM, cable and radio….
damn jews