[jeffersondem]

“This just goes on and on. jeffersondem still hasn't explained why expert sources disagree with his own opinion (as he promised he would).”

Hold on. I was so busy cleaning up messes made by my good friends late last year that we never finished.

Where were we . . .

Hopefully we can now all agree that domestic insurrections was not a euphemism for merciless Indian savages.

And treasonable insurrections was not a euphemism for merciless Indian savages.

And merciless Indian savages was not a euphemism for largely urban anti-abortion rioting.

If you are in agreement with Thomas Jefferson on these points, I'm ready and able to move forward.

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"Domestic insurrections" could refer to Tory activities as well as slave uprisings.

That is what the sources say, and that was what most people thought before race and slavery became all important to scholars.

You said you'd explain why you disagreed but didn't.

I'm not sure anybody cares anymore.