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You neednât have seen âHamiltonâ to know that the United States was founded, largely, because King George III was a pretty indifferent ruler who didnât take the Colonies seriously.
That resonated with the Founding Fathers, who made the point clear in the Declaration of Independence: âIn every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury.â
And so, having won a hard-earned independence and smarting from the foul rule of the British Crown, the Founding Fathers wanted to make sure in their newly independent country that they enshrined the right to speak truth to power.
Are the Lost Causers and their confederates finding they may have better luck becoming Charters of Freedom banner wavers?
I saw many Stars-and-Stripes wavers bombarding the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, but I didnât see anyone I would call civic-minded. From the board of education to the town councils to the county courthouses, free speech adherents want to curtail our votes and scholarly curriculum.
I watched speakers for the Charters of Freedom at the historic courthouse in Carthage on April 6 who were also there to plead further interpretations of the Second Amendment, with the First Amendment thrown in by those desperate to save our free speech. I was there to protest the recent limitations of public comment at the Pinehurst Village Council.