today I learned that Ulysses s grant was so anti-slavery that he married into a slave holding family and accepted a slave as a gift from his father in law
-
I'm just not as anti-statue as most people are in this particular moment. No tears, but not really cheers either There's a deeper issue the left needs to explore at some point: most humans have done bad shit at some point in some area of their lives. Can anyone be admired?
I'm not talking about slaveholders or statues I'm talking about humanity generally, people suck mostly but sometimes they do great things: what do we do with that? It's not a rhetorical question, but as someone who has done a lot of shitty things it's kind of a personal one
-
-
I feel like this is much more an online problem than in person; and in person people are still exploring exactly how restorative justice etc works in this context, even for some genuinely bad things. So...IDK.
Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
-
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.