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[deleted] t1_j245krg wrote

Reply to comment by AbsentEmpire in Arson investigation underway after fire at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia by AbsentEmpire

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kreuzundquer_ici t1_j2508f0 wrote

It's actually not a government structure. Not today, not ever -- it's still owned by the private company Carpenters Company that built it about 250 years ago. Sure, the property that surrounded it is owned by the federal government, but not the building or the plot it sits on. And the reason the First Continental Congress took place there is exactly because it was a non-government building -- they were, after all, subverting the existing government in a way that could be seen as treasonous.

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waterboy1321 t1_j24ys5i wrote

Not really; if you know the history at all, Carpenter's Hall better represents rebellion, revolution, and government overthrow than anything else.

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wiredpersona t1_j25qsoy wrote

You clearly have never been to Philly.

We had a turnout so big in the last election that we flipped the state blue.

This city isn't anti-goverment, we're anti-fascist.

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