Mark Shatraw @markshatraw.bsky.social

Didn't Franklin tell Jefferson to change "sacred and undeniable" to "inalienable" in the Declaration of Independence because the former sounded "too much of the pulpit" or something? Why would there somehow be *more* pulpit in the Constitution?

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left-bokononism @redletter.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 27, 2024 at 20:21 UTC

Yeah, it’s influence was mainly one of being intentionally avoided by bewhigged diests

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