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"If". I would suggest, for freedom, that Abraham Lincoln did more to increase freedom by directly emancipating millions of slaves; for prosperity, I'd choose Al
by Kednicma 6y ago
"If". I would suggest, for freedom, that Abraham Lincoln did more to increase freedom by directly emancipating millions of slaves; for prosperity, I'd choose Albert Sabin, one of the vaccinators against polio. What, exactly, did Jefferson do that is comparable?
- gotoeleven 6y agoWrote the declaration of independence and the US constitution, which created the first government based on the concept of unalienable human rights and was a great inspiration for later democracies.
- scarface74 6y agoYou mean the same constitution that allowed slavery and counted slaves as 3/5 of a person?
- gotoeleven 6y agoI know this is a very tricky point so Ill use short words: people who have done great things can also have done bad things.
- scarface74 6y agoSo yeah. It’s a great thing to create a “democracy” that was only democratic for White Males. Even women didn’t have the right to vote. Let’s just gloss over that. Why not? That’s what the entire US educational system does.
- gotoeleven 6y agoDid you know martin luther king was a plagiarist and a philanderer in addition to being a great civil rights leader? Should we bring down his statues?
- scarface74 6y agoEven so are you really comparing that to slavery?
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