Thursday, September 13, 2007
What to the slave is the fourth of July?
I think that Douglass spends so much time talking about these points because, the situation is full of irony. We as a country do spend so much time celebrating our freedom and liberty, when in reality it wasn't until some what recently if you think about it that everyone did have the pleasure of enjoying their freedoms. There was so much time when so many people were denied the rights that we take for granted today. Douglass is trying to show that in many ways it's so ironic that we celebrate our freedoms with so much enthusiasm because people were denied freedoms for so long. We forget sometimes everything that people have gone through in order to enjoy freedom, Douglass speech is a reality check, and a reminder of things our country has gone through.
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I thought it was particularly interesting how you saw the irony in the 4th of July. For many of us, it really wasn't independence day. That is something to think about.
I completely agree with the irony point. Its kinda sad to think how some people get upset on the 4th of July, when its a day for us to celebrate
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