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Ironically enough, P.T Beauregard is considered the actual father of the civil rights movement in the south

He integrated his business and argued for full integration back in the 1800s. So yes, the guy who’s statue was removed from city park for being racist actually fought for black peoples rights in the south

John McDonough left his fortune to the black and white children of New Orleans In the form of educational grants. Many of those schools are still around today.

Stonewall Jackson also educated slaves which was against the state laws as well as taught them religion to further help educate him. He himself was a deeply religious man. In his interpretation God had created the institution of slavery so he didn’t speak out against it.

Not to mention Robert e Lee being openly against it. Even freeing his slaves before the Civil War

The institution of slavery is vile and wrong. We know this unequivocally today. These men didn’t have the benefit of an extra 170 years of hind site like we do today. They didn’t have readily or easily available tools to a broad and worldly education. outside of the wealth and educated most never traveled probably 20 miles from home. These were by definition a nation and even a world of ignorant people compared to us today.

Yet people go crazy and don’t want to look at any nuance and just see specific facets of their lives and destroy and dismantle anything related to their memory. And the politicians allow them and enable them to score political points. It’s 1984 shite. The high using the low to manipulate the middle. These flawed men who actually did make significant contributions to their country and who are so vehemently desecrated were clearly starting to see the light. They just happened to be born 100 years or more too early. There are things we all do and fight for today that in 170 years will seem appalling to our ancestors. Things that we take for granted and believe are just and necessary.

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Posted by chRxis

None of your fricking business

Member since Feb 2008

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Posted on 9/16/20 at 9:12 am to jlovel7

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These men didn’t have the benefit of an extra 170 years of hind site like we do today. They didn’t have readily or easily available tools to a broad and worldly education. outside of the wealth and educated most never traveled probably 20 miles from home. These were by definition a nation and even a world of ignorant people compared to us today.

but the question can and must be asked, do you really need intellect to know that owning another human being, no matter at what part of the timeline of human history, is wrong?

at least we can agree