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safeinOhio

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Wed Oct 7, 2020, 09:00 AM Oct 2020

The Sons of Liberty. December 16, 1773

Demonstrators, some disguised as Native Americans, destroyed an entire shipment of tea sent by the East India Company. Yes those demonstrators destroyed private property during that protest. Colonists objected to the Tea Act because they believed that it violated their rights as Englishmen to "no taxation without representation"
So, today we find this King trying to take away citizens rights to vote and have them counted. Yet they still want those citizens to pay their taxes while not being represented by being able to vote. Just like in 1773 demonstrators are destroying private property. Today we call those criminals our country’s forefathers.

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