Ever wonder why there are No Democrats on Mt Rushmore?? Didn’t think so 😏😏
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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.
If I own you as an object your entire life and have sex with you, that's rape. I have taken away your autonomy and choice in the most visceral of fashions. If you don't want to be accused of rape, don't own people as objects and fuck them.
Amazing that on this site of all sites, someone is lauding "the next best thing to freedom". With that logic, surely you shouldn't care about a few choice amendments going away, right? After all, it's still better than nothing, right? You can't both say the promise of freedom is an inherent right/removing the 2nd amendment would destroy your freedoms, and that being owned by someone else who can decide to fuck you whenever they want is good enough.
Unless "the next best thing to freedom" ISN'T the same as good enough. If that's the case, then no reason to cape for human trafficking that's not as evil as it could be if it really tried. That's just weird. Liberals always get this wrong, so it's hilarious to see someone here make the same mistake - better is not the same as good enough.