To 'Jews' she says threateningly: "your day will come". Stunning ignorance - if you ever met her you wouldn't believe she could write that.
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@PhilosophyExp WOW. I'd have a hard time teaching, or even being civil, to somebody who disclosed something like that.
@iamcuriousblue what was wrong with slavery, gladiators, etc. Would you hold them morally culpable? It's not an easy issue... 2/2
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@PhilosophyExp Interesting thought. I suppose I have an easier time with differences across time then betw/ cultures now. -
@iamcuriousblue Yes, and there's something to that thought. But this fella was 16. He'd been born into a privileged, landowning family.. 1/2 -
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@iamcuriousblue Well, we all tried to do that. The other students in the class didn't hold back. That's where his bafflement came into play.
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@PhilosophyExp I suppose a lot of people would love to engage in a conversation w/ Thomas Jefferson..... -
@iamcuriousblue and lived his entire life in rural Iran. His particular experience & worldview was miles away from ours... 2/2
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@PhilosophyExp ...yet this is somebody who didn't think twice about owning human beings, and having them whipped to extort work from them. -
@iamcuriousblue Right. And maybe Jefferson *should* have known better. I don't think there are easy answers here. 1/2
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@PhilosophyExp What I'd hate is just to be somebody who educated people like that to organize tyranny more efficiently.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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