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If MAGA was around in 1776 (Original Post)
Soph0571
Sep 2020
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Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)1. Well,
Actually they were. They were called Loyalists in those days.
wnylib
(21,724 posts)3. Beat me to it. Those are exactly
the words I was about to post.
wnylib
(21,724 posts)5. And people were just as polarized then
as now, friend against friend and members of a family against each other.
Ben Franklin's son was a Loyalist and it caused a rift for life. They never reconciled.
Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)6. Just as polarized if not even more so
The American Revolutionary War was in many senses also a civil war between divergent viewpoints.
GoCubsGo
(32,099 posts)7. Yup, and if there were more of them than Patriots,
we'd be singing "God Save the Queen" now instead of "God Bless America." Well, those of us who don't detest that song, anyway. But, for now, I have the freedom to hate it. I just hope we still have far more Patriots.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,925 posts)2. If MAGA had been around in 1776.
I'm being picky about the verb tense.
genxlib
(5,546 posts)4. How about
We cant have lawless thugs going around destroying tea
Cosmo Blues
(2,502 posts)8. Bill Barr
Would have sunk the boat