The problem is that a good number of them do fault us, for standing. For showing up in person and staring down those who would enslave us. For being uncompromising and refusing to back down. For being willing to sit silently in a steel cage, facing indefinite detention while being treated like the enemy. [More]There were colonists with real grievances against the king who thought the Sons of Liberty made them all "look bad."
"Moreover, we live in an age that makes truth pass for treason, and as I dare not say anything against it, so the ears of those that are about me will probably be found too tender to hear it." -- Algernon Sydney.
ReplyDeleteDavid, for as long as I have read you, I cannot recall an instance upon which you have cited Algernon Sydney. Perhaps you should look further into his past.
Because his past is becoming our present.