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There was one point where historian Alan Taylor makes the following statement:

"In the colonial world and the European world, democracy had a bad name. It was a synonym for "anarchy." It had a reputation as being turbulent, as a system exploited by ruthless politicians called "demagogues"-- people who pandered to the passions of common people in order to whip them up and get them to do passionate things, and to get government to serve them and to prey upon the property of more wealthy people. So, democracy is not the aspiration that creates the Revolution. The Revolution creates the conditions for people to aspire to have a democracy."

Then they cut to the narrator discussing how merchants in Boston and New York were boycotting British goods.

No mention of how democracy wasn't the goal of the leaders of the revolution and the founding fathers. They too saw democracy as chaotic and extreme.

“Remember, Democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts and murders itself….It is vain to say that Democracy is less vain, less proud, less selfish, less ambitious, or less avaricious than Aristocracy or Monarchy.” John Adams

“Democracy is the most vile form of government…democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention; have ever been found incompatible with the personal security or the rights of property, and have in general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths.” James Madison

“Real liberty is neither found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments… But if we incline too much to democracy, we shall soon shoot into a monarchy.” Alexander Hamilton

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here is a candidate thread from 2007:

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Wow, one of the first comment in that old thread: Brian Kelly would be pretty awesome. He's a winner.

I didn't realize the daughter was a real life sibling to the twin boys. Sad news, one of the twins died in 2016.

Come on it’s not that bad, they rinsed the sponge off between wipings.

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How is there a shutdown with Republicans having majority?

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Is this your first time diving into the realm of politics in the U.S. and how the Senate works?

I thought it was interesting the after the first two episodes, then I googled Ed Gein and found out most of what is in the show is not accurate.

In tennis when a player hits a lucky shot that hits the top of the net and bounces over the unwritten rule is the player who hit the lucky shot acknowledges it with a "sorry". Townsend did not acknowledge the lucky shot and didn't say sorry. It's really stupid of Ostapenko to get upset over, but it's even more stupid that the media is trying to make this into a race issue. When she said she had no education and no class she was referencing her tennis etiquette.

Another reason Ostopenko was mad goes back to before the match started. When warming up the pros usually start from the baseline, for some reason Townsend decided to start at the net. This of course messed up Ostopenko's routine. Another reason she called out Townsend's lack of class and education in reference to tennis.

This happened during the Wimbledon final when Anisimova bean Sabalenka. During the match Anisimova hit a shot that hit the net and went over for a point. Anisimova didn't say sorry and Sabalenka said to her "are you going to say sorry". After the win some in the media started asking if Anisimova was rude.

It's all pretty stupid really.

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Was the Metaurus the key battle of 2nd Punic War?

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The key battle? No

A key battle? Yes

Zach Hess was pretty good

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El is a moniker for different aspects of God's character, not distinct "gods."

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This is not the case. When reading the Bible there is a clear difference between the time in which El is used and when Yahweh is used. God reveals himself as Yahweh to Moses at the burning bush. From that point on Yahweh is the dominant name used for the God of the Israelites.

It is correct that you can find references to Yahweh in Genesis, but that is explained by most scholars through the "Documentary Hypothesis" which claims the first five books of the bible were actually written by different groups during different time periods with different influences (Yahwist, Elohist, Priestly, and Deuteronomist) The Yahwist refer to Yahweh, while the Elohist refer to El. This doesn't mean they are just different names for the same God, they were using the name of the deity that group supported.