Myth of the Month 16: The Founding Fathers
Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong
What Would the Founding Fathers Think Out Mask Mandates?
There's a kind of historical irony to the notion that the founding fathers have some sort of coherent plan for how the country should work, and that we should stick to it. And this way of talking about and invoking the founding fathers even extends beyond political and constitutional questions. Sometimes there spok n about as kind of fonts of wisdom for all of life, for how society should work. Another example is, what would the founding fathers say to anti maskers?
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