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arswaw [he/him]@hexbear.net to politics@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year ago

REALIZATION: some of the American founding fathers held racist beliefs.

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REALIZATION: some of the American founding fathers held racist beliefs.

arswaw [he/him]@hexbear.net to politics@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 year ago
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    Benjamin Franklin was vocally abolitionist, for what it’s worth.

    https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/An_Address_to_the_Public

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      The founding fathers did some good things, but more bad things. The fact that they are so venerated, is due to deliberate distortions and omissions of their historical biographies in US schools.

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      He was protected from rascism by being a sex guy. He was too busy fuckin’ and suckin’ to be hatin’

      He was also an asshole. That is unrealted.

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        https://youtu.be/kE6soN1kcP4

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          I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

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