Re:Five Oregon counties vote to leave state, create 'Greater...
by iammisc on Thursday May 20, 2021 @07:41PM
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You're being downvoted, but you're correct. Values espoused by the founding documents of the current United States government are also properly called American, even if the majority of americans disagree. There's two possible meanings here that is causing people confusion.
Re:Five Oregon counties vote to leave state, create 'Greater...
by PeterisP on Thursday May 20, 2021 @08:49PM
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One might argue that technically (akshually?) the Bill of Rights goes against the founding documents of USA, amending them a few years later with values that were not in the original constitution to satisfy anti-federalists criticising the initial design (and its values).
Re:Five Oregon counties vote to leave state, create 'Greater...
by hackyhacky on Thursday May 20, 2021 @11:56PM
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So you're saying that slavery is an American value?
It is, after all, in the Constitution, although its popularity has waned of late.
The US Bill of Rights.