Ever wonder why there are No Democrats on Mt Rushmore?? Didn’t think so 😏😏
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He was also the best of the bunch. Lincoln and Washington were Federalists.
Luv 2 own people as objects
Show me you don't know shit about history... by explicitly showing me that you don't know shit about history.
Jefferson literally wrote a passage into the Declaration of Independence condemning slavery as evil. A very large portion of the founding fathers wanted to get rid of slavery but saw that the brand new country had many things on it's plate at the time. Washington, Jefferson, and several others gave up their slaves upon death.
Jefferson did not give up all his slaves on his death. Also, there is nothing noble in waiting until you are dead to do something good. It's better than nothing, but come on.
Yes, of course Jefferson wrote about slavery being evil - most of them did, because it was. He still owned humans as objects and raped them. Some would say being aware of your sins and still committing them is what makes a person evil. I think it's a more common human fallibility than that, but it certainly isn't good.
You could call a man who wrote more passionately and eloquently about freedom and the inherent right to self-determination than most before or since, while also daily intentionally robbing others of said rights and holding up a system that would do the same to thousands of people a complicated man. Or you could call him an asshole and move on.
You can like the Declaration of Independence while also not letting off the hook its amalgamater (whole sections are just reworded Madison stuff, Jefferson's skills lied less in blank canvas creation and more in synthesis [not a value judgement]. Separating a creator from their creation goes both ways. An asshole creator doesn't make a good movie bad, and you can like a good thing while admitting a terrible person made it. Humanity and history is complicated, and we will be better the less we force things into boxes that won't fit.
Good things can be made by bad people, evil can be born from good, and we should stop imbuing the connection between (lowercase) creator and creation with so much significance, since it is severed once the creation is shared with an audience.
The rape accusations are unconfirmed. Possible? Sure. But you obviously have no knowledge of reality: Jefferson slaves were basically like Second Class citizens. He treated them like the Romans treated theirs. While historians can't agree about rapes, they have had to agree that as far as slavery went, being on the Jefferson Plantation was the next best thing to freedom.
But you have to find the truth yourself. Most of your declarations and affirmations are opinion, not fact.