# What is wrong with this statement about the formation of America?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 24, 2018, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-this-statement-about-the-formation-of-america/807341 "2018-01-24T04:06:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-wrong-with-this-statement-about-the-formation-of-america/807341/8 "2018-01-24T08:16:14Z")

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> [@Aspidistra](#):
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> The original settlers were trying to get away from autocratic regimes in which the laws were slanted against the little guy, there was a huge gap between rich and poor, and powerful vested interests were so entrenched as to be basically untouchable.
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> WHO exactly is that’s trying to drag America back to that situation…?

Yes. And which party is it, again, which seeks to

- deny women the freedom of their own bodies?
- deport law-abiding residents who’ve been in the country for decades?
- disallow transsexuals from using public bathrooms?
- deny government jobs to those who voted for the autocrat’s opponent?
- impede the voting rights of those unlikely to vote for the autocrat’s party?
- impede workers’ ability to form trade unions?
- arrest users of a recreational drug whose use is allowed by the people and state government?
- disallow the use or espousal of science by government scientists?
- impede poor people’s opportunities for healthcare and education?
- use the autocrat’s bully pulpit to inhibit a free press?
- Et cetera.

Meanwhile, what is it the progressives have done that is so bad? Ask a cake maker to make a cake??

OP: Ask the Twitterer if he pulled his definition of “Freedom” from Orwell’s _1984_. If not, suggest that the word “Democrat” be replaced with the name of the American party that actually does favor oppression.

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