SocraticGadfly: Remember Spaniards and Indians on Fourth

July 03, 2009

Remember Spaniards and Indians on Fourth

The Spaniards, at the time of the American Revolution, actually had more social freedoms than the 13 colonies/states. Treatment of slaves was less harsh and more defined under law. And, they weren’t “papist thugs.”

So, that’s your anti-jingoistic message for the Fourth of July this year, my American friends.

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