re: #196 chadu

I have a theory about that.

Granted, JA had serious issues about not being taken seriously.

However, the shit that was being published pissed Abigail off, because they were dissing her husband, a true patriot, who had suffered and sacrificed in their cause.

If you look at their letters, Abigail is definitely pushing John to sign the A&SAs (to protect him, in her mind).

And when your greatest and wisest counsel is so forceful, you listen.

I think the A&SAs were the singular failure of John and Abigail Adams.

They finally took politics too personal (still, took far beyond what any reasonable person would’ve; also, the new USA was in ferment; also also, TJ was actively suborning and undercutting JA), and screwed Ye Olde Poodle.

It’s tough to think how the defense attorney for the Boston Massacre could support the A&SAs.

But it happened.

Interesting, I wasn’t aware of Abigail’s role in A&SAs. Anyhow, they were all real men with real flaws. It’s why while I admire the founding fathers, I don’t believe in holding them up on a high pedestal because they did make mistakes and they did have flaws. That doesn’t invalidate their work . It just means we should see them as products of their times and not push them into the realm of secular sainthood. Yes, we can appreciate them, nothing wrong with that but assuming that they knew best on everything is a fallacy.