Remember this, everyone. The Boston Massacre was the day that “laid the foundation for Independence.”
John Adams, Patriot, Founding Father, and attorney who volunteered to defend the British soldiers at Boston in a court of law.
He described the patriots who were massacred and shot at as a “mob.” His arguments in court ensured that six of the eight British soldiers were acquitted, and the other two were charged with manslaughter, not murder.
Why? Because he was a traitor?
No. Because he was a Patriot. Because justice is blind. Because the people of Boston would have lynched all eight in the town square without a fair trial.
Because they were a mob, and they had every reason to be a mob. The soldiers, in turn, had genuine reason to be afraid for their lives, and there was no proof that six of those eight soldiers killed anyone that day.
Those were the arguments that a founding father and future President made in a court of law.
Even the enemy is human, and deserves a fair chance. That is what due process is. That is what justice is. That is one of the many great ideals that founded this country, and it is being ground into dust beneath the boots of Fascism.
I honestly hope this is the case, that would clearly be the best possibly outcome.
Revolution can also be slow, especially when it comes to tech oligarchs helping to enable to current administration, they can easily help obfuscate the narrative.
Or its revival. This might become the spark that turns these protests into a revolution.
A new Boston massacre may be in our future
Remember this, everyone. The Boston Massacre was the day that “laid the foundation for Independence.”
He described the patriots who were massacred and shot at as a “mob.” His arguments in court ensured that six of the eight British soldiers were acquitted, and the other two were charged with manslaughter, not murder.
Why? Because he was a traitor?
No. Because he was a Patriot. Because justice is blind. Because the people of Boston would have lynched all eight in the town square without a fair trial.
Because they were a mob, and they had every reason to be a mob. The soldiers, in turn, had genuine reason to be afraid for their lives, and there was no proof that six of those eight soldiers killed anyone that day.
Those were the arguments that a founding father and future President made in a court of law.
Even the enemy is human, and deserves a fair chance. That is what due process is. That is what justice is. That is one of the many great ideals that founded this country, and it is being ground into dust beneath the boots of Fascism.
Be patriots.
I honestly hope this is the case, that would clearly be the best possibly outcome.
Revolution can also be slow, especially when it comes to tech oligarchs helping to enable to current administration, they can easily help obfuscate the narrative.