Echelaunch
@echelaunch.bsky.social
I have a signed version hanging in my law office. It's a good conversation piece. Can't remember what number though.
I also have signed bar fight Lincoln in my living room. I'm looking at it now. I got number 3/50 on that one. I'm going to sell it to pay my mortgage off one day.
I also have signed bar fight Lincoln in my living room. I'm looking at it now. I got number 3/50 on that one. I'm going to sell it to pay my mortgage off one day.
January 27, 2026 at 4:15 AM
I have a signed version hanging in my law office. It's a good conversation piece. Can't remember what number though.
I also have signed bar fight Lincoln in my living room. I'm looking at it now. I got number 3/50 on that one. I'm going to sell it to pay my mortgage off one day.
I also have signed bar fight Lincoln in my living room. I'm looking at it now. I got number 3/50 on that one. I'm going to sell it to pay my mortgage off one day.
I have signed print number 51 of this hanging in my law office. :)
September 14, 2025 at 5:57 AM
I have signed print number 51 of this hanging in my law office. :)
This is definitely not true. In fact, it's the opposite. The second season cut out a lot of material from the game, which had a detrimental impact on the show.
August 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
This is definitely not true. In fact, it's the opposite. The second season cut out a lot of material from the game, which had a detrimental impact on the show.
How incredibly humiliating this exchange was for you. You should learn to stop "caring less" and actually pay attention to a possible learning moment, which is what this was.
August 11, 2025 at 10:56 PM
How incredibly humiliating this exchange was for you. You should learn to stop "caring less" and actually pay attention to a possible learning moment, which is what this was.
He wrote the primary draft because he was the best writer of the group, and then edits were made after the fact.
They all deserve credit, and they've all gotten credit, but there's no doubt that Jefferson deserves the most credit, including credit as the "author" of the document.
They all deserve credit, and they've all gotten credit, but there's no doubt that Jefferson deserves the most credit, including credit as the "author" of the document.
July 28, 2025 at 11:40 PM
He wrote the primary draft because he was the best writer of the group, and then edits were made after the fact.
They all deserve credit, and they've all gotten credit, but there's no doubt that Jefferson deserves the most credit, including credit as the "author" of the document.
They all deserve credit, and they've all gotten credit, but there's no doubt that Jefferson deserves the most credit, including credit as the "author" of the document.
Why do I have to find sources that support your claim? It's your claim, you support it.
And you called me lazy.
And you called me lazy.
July 23, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Why do I have to find sources that support your claim? It's your claim, you support it.
And you called me lazy.
And you called me lazy.
*cracks knuckles ready to argue*
*reads response*
Oh, well... OK then. I... I'm not sure what to do here. Nobody ever does this. Um, thank you. I wish you well. I wish everyone was like you on social media.
I say this unironically; you are a salt of the earth.
*reads response*
Oh, well... OK then. I... I'm not sure what to do here. Nobody ever does this. Um, thank you. I wish you well. I wish everyone was like you on social media.
I say this unironically; you are a salt of the earth.
July 23, 2025 at 1:26 AM
*cracks knuckles ready to argue*
*reads response*
Oh, well... OK then. I... I'm not sure what to do here. Nobody ever does this. Um, thank you. I wish you well. I wish everyone was like you on social media.
I say this unironically; you are a salt of the earth.
*reads response*
Oh, well... OK then. I... I'm not sure what to do here. Nobody ever does this. Um, thank you. I wish you well. I wish everyone was like you on social media.
I say this unironically; you are a salt of the earth.
Ya, that hasn't aged well. You should read the rest of the document though since it establishes some very important precedents that the rest of the world has followed and generally agrees with. Democracy and Civil Rights in particular are seen as very good ideas. Maybe you disagree though?
July 23, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Ya, that hasn't aged well. You should read the rest of the document though since it establishes some very important precedents that the rest of the world has followed and generally agrees with. Democracy and Civil Rights in particular are seen as very good ideas. Maybe you disagree though?
Minor disagreement: I would say that it's not *just* the overthrow that mattered since revolutions happen all the time, it's that there was a military revolution accompanying a particular philosophical revolution. The Framers wouldn't be remembered as well if they exchanged monarchy for fascism.
July 23, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Minor disagreement: I would say that it's not *just* the overthrow that mattered since revolutions happen all the time, it's that there was a military revolution accompanying a particular philosophical revolution. The Framers wouldn't be remembered as well if they exchanged monarchy for fascism.
The information is not well known or else you would be better able to support it. After all, this is YOUR claim, so, if anything, the fact that you're unable to support it is you being lazy, not me.
But the reality is that there is no evidence for your claim, you're just ignorant for believing it.
But the reality is that there is no evidence for your claim, you're just ignorant for believing it.
July 23, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The information is not well known or else you would be better able to support it. After all, this is YOUR claim, so, if anything, the fact that you're unable to support it is you being lazy, not me.
But the reality is that there is no evidence for your claim, you're just ignorant for believing it.
But the reality is that there is no evidence for your claim, you're just ignorant for believing it.
You're the one making the claim so, yes, it's your obligation to support it.
And it's not about being lazy, you dullard, it's about evidence, and you have none other than the unsupported claims of the website that you linked to.
And it's not about being lazy, you dullard, it's about evidence, and you have none other than the unsupported claims of the website that you linked to.
July 23, 2025 at 1:14 AM
You're the one making the claim so, yes, it's your obligation to support it.
And it's not about being lazy, you dullard, it's about evidence, and you have none other than the unsupported claims of the website that you linked to.
And it's not about being lazy, you dullard, it's about evidence, and you have none other than the unsupported claims of the website that you linked to.
If you mean other countries, then yes. You would definitely rather be gay in Denmark today as opposed to the U.S.
But my argument is more chronological than geographic. Denmark today is better than the U.S., but also like the U.S. it's better than it was 50 years ago.
Progress over time everywhere
But my argument is more chronological than geographic. Denmark today is better than the U.S., but also like the U.S. it's better than it was 50 years ago.
Progress over time everywhere
July 22, 2025 at 8:21 AM
If you mean other countries, then yes. You would definitely rather be gay in Denmark today as opposed to the U.S.
But my argument is more chronological than geographic. Denmark today is better than the U.S., but also like the U.S. it's better than it was 50 years ago.
Progress over time everywhere
But my argument is more chronological than geographic. Denmark today is better than the U.S., but also like the U.S. it's better than it was 50 years ago.
Progress over time everywhere
No, I just have perspective. I look at today, then I look at 50 years ago and think about which place I'd rather live in, then I consider what things were like 50 years before that and make the same comparison.
I never end up saying, "Those people of decade X were way more progressive than today".
I never end up saying, "Those people of decade X were way more progressive than today".
July 22, 2025 at 8:15 AM
No, I just have perspective. I look at today, then I look at 50 years ago and think about which place I'd rather live in, then I consider what things were like 50 years before that and make the same comparison.
I never end up saying, "Those people of decade X were way more progressive than today".
I never end up saying, "Those people of decade X were way more progressive than today".
That's true, but you're talking about the "ought" while ignoring the "is". Things "ought" to be better, sure, and yet this "is" still the apex of human history.
The problems you described have always existed, but there are fewer today than 50 years ago, and fewer then than 50 years before that, etc
The problems you described have always existed, but there are fewer today than 50 years ago, and fewer then than 50 years before that, etc
July 22, 2025 at 8:12 AM
That's true, but you're talking about the "ought" while ignoring the "is". Things "ought" to be better, sure, and yet this "is" still the apex of human history.
The problems you described have always existed, but there are fewer today than 50 years ago, and fewer then than 50 years before that, etc
The problems you described have always existed, but there are fewer today than 50 years ago, and fewer then than 50 years before that, etc
Well, we had internment camps during WWII, and that was more recent than the Great Depression, but your point is still fine: As it relates to illegal immigration, this is definitely the worst its ever been. But my point was about everyone, not just undocumented immigrants who are only 5% of the pop
July 22, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Well, we had internment camps during WWII, and that was more recent than the Great Depression, but your point is still fine: As it relates to illegal immigration, this is definitely the worst its ever been. But my point was about everyone, not just undocumented immigrants who are only 5% of the pop
50 years ago was 1975. You would definitely rather be gay, black, trans, or a woman in 2025 than 1975. Are you aware of what culture what like back then? It was awful. It's not great now, either, but it's definitely better.
July 22, 2025 at 7:58 AM
50 years ago was 1975. You would definitely rather be gay, black, trans, or a woman in 2025 than 1975. Are you aware of what culture what like back then? It was awful. It's not great now, either, but it's definitely better.
Of course there's still inequality and lots of it, there's just less now than there was 50 years ago, and there was less then than 100 years ago, and there was less then than in 1776, etc.
I'm also aware that abortion has been made illegal in some places. It's awful. Doesn't change my point though
I'm also aware that abortion has been made illegal in some places. It's awful. Doesn't change my point though
July 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Of course there's still inequality and lots of it, there's just less now than there was 50 years ago, and there was less then than 100 years ago, and there was less then than in 1776, etc.
I'm also aware that abortion has been made illegal in some places. It's awful. Doesn't change my point though
I'm also aware that abortion has been made illegal in some places. It's awful. Doesn't change my point though
No, it still is. There are 200 countries on earth, and the U.S. is in top 10-15% of them in terms of equality. Could be a lot better, and that's what we all should be working towards, but acknowledging progress is also important and there's been a lot of that since 1776.
July 22, 2025 at 7:21 AM
No, it still is. There are 200 countries on earth, and the U.S. is in top 10-15% of them in terms of equality. Could be a lot better, and that's what we all should be working towards, but acknowledging progress is also important and there's been a lot of that since 1776.
That's half the story, but it's not just that they won the battle on the field, they also won the battle of ideas as well. The Divine Right of Kings is an inferior idea to Representative Democracy in terms of best effectuating human happiness. It's important that idea made it into the world.
July 22, 2025 at 7:19 AM
That's half the story, but it's not just that they won the battle on the field, they also won the battle of ideas as well. The Divine Right of Kings is an inferior idea to Representative Democracy in terms of best effectuating human happiness. It's important that idea made it into the world.
Did Iceland in 930 have representative democracy with women involved in government? Did they have 1st, 4th, 5th, or 6th Amendment rights?
Nobody would willingly choose to live in Iceland in 930, but anybody from that time would be happy to live in the U.S. today.
You are not a serious person.
Nobody would willingly choose to live in Iceland in 930, but anybody from that time would be happy to live in the U.S. today.
You are not a serious person.
July 22, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Did Iceland in 930 have representative democracy with women involved in government? Did they have 1st, 4th, 5th, or 6th Amendment rights?
Nobody would willingly choose to live in Iceland in 930, but anybody from that time would be happy to live in the U.S. today.
You are not a serious person.
Nobody would willingly choose to live in Iceland in 930, but anybody from that time would be happy to live in the U.S. today.
You are not a serious person.
It would really help you support this point if you could cite me to something other than a self-serving webpage from the entity itself in support of the position that he was "cribbing" from them. Especially since that page doesn't cite to anything itself in support of it's claims.
July 22, 2025 at 7:12 AM
It would really help you support this point if you could cite me to something other than a self-serving webpage from the entity itself in support of the position that he was "cribbing" from them. Especially since that page doesn't cite to anything itself in support of it's claims.
You're embarrassing yourself. I've gone to lengths to explain myself and my arguments as well as why opposing views are wrong. Your reductive response to that does nothing to advance the argument.
Conservatives ignore Jefferson's bad, while you ignore his good. You are annoying similar.
Conservatives ignore Jefferson's bad, while you ignore his good. You are annoying similar.
July 22, 2025 at 7:10 AM
You're embarrassing yourself. I've gone to lengths to explain myself and my arguments as well as why opposing views are wrong. Your reductive response to that does nothing to advance the argument.
Conservatives ignore Jefferson's bad, while you ignore his good. You are annoying similar.
Conservatives ignore Jefferson's bad, while you ignore his good. You are annoying similar.
I respect Jefferson's contributions to America as a politician, academic, Statesman, and thinker, and I condemn his personal actions and private hypocrisies, which are disgusting and predatory. He is interesting because it takes a monumental good to equal a monumental bad, and he has both in my view
July 22, 2025 at 7:06 AM
I respect Jefferson's contributions to America as a politician, academic, Statesman, and thinker, and I condemn his personal actions and private hypocrisies, which are disgusting and predatory. He is interesting because it takes a monumental good to equal a monumental bad, and he has both in my view
Your source doesn't include any sources, it just makes statements. Moreover, it only tangentially links Jefferson's influence through his relationship with Franklin. What would be helpful is if you can point me to a letter from Jefferson, or a speech, or something where he talks about the group.
July 22, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Your source doesn't include any sources, it just makes statements. Moreover, it only tangentially links Jefferson's influence through his relationship with Franklin. What would be helpful is if you can point me to a letter from Jefferson, or a speech, or something where he talks about the group.
The Declaration didn't create a utopia, it just made bad things less bad. Slavery existed before so the Declaration didn't help with that, but it didn't hurt either. But voting and some Civil Rights didn't exist before and did exist after, so it helped with those, which is pretty important.
July 22, 2025 at 6:59 AM
The Declaration didn't create a utopia, it just made bad things less bad. Slavery existed before so the Declaration didn't help with that, but it didn't hurt either. But voting and some Civil Rights didn't exist before and did exist after, so it helped with those, which is pretty important.