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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 12 Jun 2020
      Replying to @7im

      Not saying it's justified but the distinction people make is between those who thought that slavery is inherited evil which will one day be abolished (the consensus view of the Founders) & those who thought it is a positive good which should expand (the Confederate view).

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        2. Free Parking is Socialism for Cars‏ @dnkittredge 12 Jun 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet @7im

          I'm sure the distinction did not make much difference to the enslaved.

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        3. Pilot‏ @Pilot9 12 Jun 2020
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          "Look, yes I am going to whip your bare back for looking at the white women for just a bit too long but the good news is in about 60 years there will be a major civil war which will lead to just 3 more years of slavery & then 130+ yrs of more oppression & injustice. Feel better?"

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        2. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 12 Jun 2020
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          Yes. It was widely believed in the 18th century that slavery was on the way out. The cotton gin revived it and changed the politics.

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        2. My Own Echo Chamber‏ @MineEchoChamber 12 Jun 2020
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          I don’t know if statues should come down but Jefferson in context is so important imo for teaching that great ideas are often greater than great men and closing the gap between our ideals and our reality is the main work of the American experiment.

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        1. DaeguDave‏ @DaeguDave 12 Jun 2020
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          Maybe, but I look at is more along the lines of "as long as it continues to make me money, and afford me this wealthy lifestyle, I ain't rockin' the boat."

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        1. DaeguDave‏ @DaeguDave 12 Jun 2020
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          IOW, "on the way out, just not as long as I am benefiting from slavery." So, not in my lifetime, but MAYBE in my children's lifetime. Or grandchildren. Or......

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        1. Adam Rothman‏ @arothmanhistory 12 Jun 2020
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          It's not odd. Washington and Jefferson founded the United States; Lee and Davis fought against it. That's the distinction that will bring down the Confederate statues while keeping the founders. It has little to do with their attitudes toward slavery, for better or worse.

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        1. David Rosnick‏ @ViscidKonrad 12 Jun 2020
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          "GENERAL PICKNEY thought himself bound to declare candidly that he did not think South Carolina would stop her importations of slaves in any short time, but only stop them occasionally as she now does." -- August, 1787

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