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Is this not bullshit?
Calum:
i do think your points are valid, but i think what orethrius is saying is that jefferson did not stand for slavery and in fact signed the constitution (which was a step towards abolishing slavery? is this right?).
like how people quote sigmund freud all the time even though he admitted that a lot of his conjectures were rubbish later in his life, he no longer should stand for "freudian psychology" by and large despite people's opinions.
bedouin:
--- Quote from: Calum ---i do think your points are valid, but i think what orethrius is saying is that jefferson did not stand for slavery and in fact signed the constitution (which was a step towards abolishing slavery? is this right?)
--- End quote ---
He owned slaves, and never freed them before his death.
Calum:
really? i must admit to not knowing much about him, but if that's the case, then i can fully understand the reasons behind this, although i also see the side of the argument that says "what's in a name".
Stilly:
--- Quote from: Calum ---really? i must admit to not knowing much about him, but if that's the case, then i can fully understand the reasons behind this, although i also see the side of the argument that says "what's in a name".
--- End quote ---
a crash course in jefferson: he was the third president of the US, wrote the declaration of independance, did a lot of writing in the constitution, strong believer in states rights, bought the louisiana purchse, making the US a hell of a lot bigger, also a democrat, but not the modern kind
he was also a rich virginian like just about any big politician of the time and he owned a plantation and used slave labor as was the accepted practice of the time
Orethrius:
--- Quote from: Stilly ---a crash course in jefferson: he was the third president of the US, wrote the declaration of independance, did a lot of writing in the constitution, strong believer in states rights, bought the louisiana purchse, making the US a hell of a lot bigger, also a democrat, but not the modern kind
he was also a rich virginian like just about any big politician of the time and he owned a plantation and used slave labor as was the accepted practice of the time
--- End quote ---
That's precisely my point though. Apparently, a government-sanctioned entity (that is to say, the PTA of that particular school) find it more pertinent to sling mud at someone who made the nation what it is today, over something that was a widely accepted practice at the time. I guess the message the action carries is this: be wary of the norm of your time, for given time, it may serve to nullify the legitimacy of your philantrophies. THAT kind of thing pisses me off.
But then, 'tis a fickle thing, the human memory.
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