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Senior Writer @NRO. Reaganite, Catholic, Mets fan, ex-lawyer. Opinions 100% my own, but you can share them. Not the Cardinals broadcaster.

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    Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 2 Jul 2019

    Dan McLaughlin Retweeted AP South U.S. Region

    Reminder: Jefferson was a hypocrite, & worse. But he also wrote the first federal ban on slavery, banned the slave trade at the first possible moment, & penned the words that inspired Lincoln, MLK, & opponents of bondage & degradation the world over.https://twitter.com/APSouthRegion/status/1146145413990252544 …

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    Charlottesville, Virginia, has decided to no longer celebrate Thomas Jefferson's birthday and will instead observe the emancipation of enslaved African Americans. The city was the site of a 2017 white nationalist rally that descended into violence. http://apne.ws/ILHPsxY 
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      1. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 2 Jul 2019

        Jefferson may have been economically incentivized to oppose the slave trade, but he was its consistent & implacable foe from 1776 to 1808, & led its demise in America. As atrocious as American slavery was, the transatlantic slave trade was worse.

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      1. Troy Hinrichs‏ @YourmanGodfrey 2 Jul 2019
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        It’s a good thing MLK wasn’t an advocate for women’s rights.

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      1. Sandpit Heathen Plebe‏ @rev_entertain 2 Jul 2019
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        Don't you throw facts at my feelings!

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      2. Pundit Bot‏ @BotPundit 2 Jul 2019
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        Fair. But weirdly embedded is the lack of support for the celebration of emancipation, which to some is actually a huge deal.

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      3. midwestconservative‏ @MWC_RS 2 Jul 2019
        Replying to @BotPundit @baseballcrank

        You should be able to celebrate both.

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      2. Alf (pawg form)‏ @Kaijindv 2 Jul 2019
        Replying to @baseballcrank

        first possible moment was 6 years into his presidency. That's a long moment.

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      3. Tiresias Tuphlos‏ @tiresiastuphlos 2 Jul 2019
        Replying to @Kaijindv @baseballcrank

        Per Article I Section 9 in the Constitution, no van could go into effect prior to 1808. The bill Jefferson signed into law went into effect on January 1st, 1808. Would have made no difference to pass it earlier. So, yes: the first possible moment.

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      1. Baseball Aslan‏ @BaseballAslan 2 Jul 2019
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        Also, Jefferson basically built Charlottesville. That being said, as a transplanted Virginian, we should probably think about getting rid of ‘Lee-Jackson Day’.

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      2. Anne Zurmehly‏ @GmailAkzurm 2 Jul 2019
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        I suspect Jefferson was a man of great ideas but also a man who enjoyed a lifestyle that was dependent on slavery so he did all kinds of ethical and mental gymnastics to excuse his lifestyle. Definitely wrong & hypocritical but sadly not an uncommon behavior among human beings

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      3. Brooke Young Russell‏ @brookewellford 2 Jul 2019
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        everyone’s life was dependent on slavery in those days- minus the slaves. Context of the time period is so important. He was probably 1 in 100 who questioned slavery in his day and age.

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