A Reminder

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[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

Well, first they tried all that other stuff, and when that didn't work, then they shot them.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Yep, the meme is misleading. Our forefathers knew a war would be bloody, costly, and uncertain, it wasn't their first course of action. And we also didn't send troops to England to start a fight.

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I feel like they should have, once we had won and were settled, of course. There were plenty of Scots here with family over there. Fuck. Missed opportunity, George Washington.

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My US history is rusty but I believe we were vastly indebted both monetarily and we were supposed to go help the French with their revolution.

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Yes, you are right. I was being mostly sarcastic. I would not have liked any of the Founding Fathers. They turned on their people.