This is an important argument by @briebriejoy on identity and power. It's something I encountered in researching corporate power. There are two basic big questions about justice in American history. (1) Can citizens self-govern? (2) Who is a citizen?https://www.currentaffairs.org/2017/09/how-identity-became-a-weapon-against-the-left …
Don't want to get in a tweet fight with you over Hamilton's stance on slavery. I find him more honorable than Jefferson by far.
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It's a low bar, tbh. Are there letters or public statements of A Ham's abhorrence of the Peculiar Institution?
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Jeez, dude. Love your stuff usually, but Alexander Hamilton either traded and owned slaves or he didn't. This isn't hard to "tweet fight" about.
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Well, it does appear to be more nuanced than either of these guys (necessarily abbreviated by Twitter) statements: https://columbiaandslavery.columbia.edu/content/ambition-bondage-inquiry-alexander-hamilton-and-slavery …
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Better than a literal rapist is not a high bar
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"Sure Hamilton traded slaves, but this other guy traded slaves *and* raped them, so thus Hamilton is good."
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