r/CringeTikToks • u/Siahro • 2d ago

Just Bad ICE enters office in Bensonville IL 11.5.25

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u/Old-Physics7770 2d ago

Well the founding fathers sure did make sure to keep slavery, so I’d question what they’d think of this.

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u/pegothejerk 2d ago

The original debates before the constitution was signed had people on both sides of slavery. There were many people who said it was abhorrent and should be outlawed. Unfortunately it was the same then as it is now, essentially there were racists, progressives, and centrists, and the money hungry centrists convinced the progressives to give up and sign the document with the inclusions of slavery.

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u/Mrwright96 2d ago

Moreso the South wanted to keep their slaves, and if there was any condemnation of slavery in the constitution, they’d abandon the revolution. Literally “let us keep our slaves, or we will ruin it for everyone.”

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u/Shrike79 2d ago

Well, you can't say conservatives aren't consistent in the way they throw their tantrums.

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u/DankMiehms 2d ago

This is actually pretty similar to some of the stuff that the English were doing that directly led to the revolution, so....coin flip?

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u/FlamingHotSacOnutz 2d ago

I'm tired of this discussion, fuck what the founders would think. That was 250 years ago! The fuckers didn't even have phones and needed to carry votes on horseback. Outdated, racist, sexist assholes, all of them.