So..firstly, America got founded by committing genocide on already existing nations. At some point, that should be acknowledged
I'm gonna say, baseline, people who didn't keep humans locked up against their will on their property under penalty of death or torture. https://twitter.com/DragnBNotSilent/status/898187587243868160 …
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Is history important? Yup. Is continuing to glorify and ignore bad things these folks did particularly good? Nah.
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Cuz, frankly? If you wanna acknowledge all the good shit they did, you should also want to acknowledge that they absolutely reaped horrors
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People not worthy of statues: Those who found it acceptable to tear a newborn from their mother and sell it.
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People not worthy of statues: Those who would hunt a woman across states for years for the "crime" of wanting to live free.
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And being like "well they were all bad guys, checkmate!" Really doesn't help your argument
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So why the resistance here, specifically, dude?
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A lot of the people hating slave holders today are the same exact people who would have been slave holders in a slave holding society.
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all the more reason to make sure slavery is shamed the fuck out of human civilization for as long as possible
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Sure, I'm just trying to figure out what your point Is, b/c so far? Not v. consistent?
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