• cedarmesa@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    88
    arrow-down
    3
    ·
    3 months ago

    Forcing them to argue that washington had slaves is a step in the right direction. It is a crack in their jingoistic myth of the founding fathers. Theyre being forced to learn a bit of history thats been intentionally hidden. Next question; If most the founding fathers owned slaves, whats that mean? Whats that say about america? So slavery was an institution and treated as the norm?

    Its messy but this is progress

    • FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      46
      arrow-down
      6
      ·
      3 months ago

      And then you find out that not only was Saint George a slaver, but he did things like having teeth yanked out of his slaves’ mouths to construct false teeth for his own.

      He was genuinely not a good dude.

    • FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      27
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      3 months ago

      Next question; If most the founding fathers owned slaves, whats that mean? Whats that say about america? So slavery was an institution and treated as the norm?

      It also means we can, as a country, chose to be better. These asshats are not choosing to be better. There is a moral and ethical onus to improve ourselves as a nation and as individuals. They’re failing that.