Mumia Abu-Jamal -- Remembering Thomas Paine!
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Uploaded by Suryu on Dec 17, 2006
He, as a man among the poor, wrote and spoke about the boiling, burning issues of the day; he opposed slavery; he opposed capital punishment; he opposed kings and much of organized religion with equal vigor. During the French Revolution, he spoke out against the execution of Louis XVI, and earned himself a date with the guillotine. By chance, he survived, until the cold lawyer, Robespierre was beheaded, and in the euphoria of that event Paine, and other political prisoners, were freed. He never forgave his fellow American rebels, Washington, nor Governor Morris (then U.S. representative to Paris), for not lifting a finger to help him during his wait for the guillotine. He would write a bitter *Letter to Washington* (1796) where he accused him of treachery and incompetence:
And as to you, Sir, treacherous in private friendship (for so you have been to me, and that in the day of danger) and hypocrite in public life, the world will be puzzled to decide whether you are an apostate or an impostor; whether you have abandoned good principles, or whether you ever had any.
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Thumbs up if you wish Thomas Paine was our first president!!!
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why cant we be caught up in political bullshit and make some real changes....grassroots.....clas
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@Anschutzhammerlitoz fool thats been happening long before....
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@boondocksaint1968 yeah!
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You can't put a political label on Thomas Pain , sorry it just dont hold , he was for all the people .
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He is not a murderer if he was why would'nt the supreme court listen to his case it would be an easy one than.
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I admire Paine, don't need a murderer who Paine would have condemned to tell me about him
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Truly, Paine was a radical. If he were alive today he would be a leading voice against the abominable Obama/Pelosi/Reid power structure and its policies which are removing the last vestiges of freedom from our society.
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Thank you for posting this video! When reading Common Sense, it is easy to see how that pamphlet could ignite a revolution. It is filled with powerful words. After reading the first one, I wished I had read it in history class, rather then alone in a library from my own curiosity.
auciker 4 years ago 6
wow, i had no idea he was at odds with washington! obviously there is much more i, and many others, need to learn about this great man!
menotyou66 4 years ago 6