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i will never tire of the irony of a man who owned humans being lauded as a freedom fighter.
by GuinansEyebrows 1y ago
i will never tire of the irony of a man who owned humans being lauded as a freedom fighter.
- pseudalopex 1y agoBenjamin Franklin became an abolitionist.[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin#Slavery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin#Slavery
- GuinansEyebrows 11mo agowhat that wikipedia article doesn't mention is that Franklin continued to own people for almost his entire adult life, while paying lip service to abolition.
- CamperBob2 1y agoWhatever you're doing at the moment, I'll bet somebody 200 years from now will condemn it. It might not even take that long, at the rate we're progressing.
- GuinansEyebrows 11mo agoi can confidently say that i don't personally engage with any activities that constitute extreme deprivation of another individual's liberties while simultaneously advocating for those liberties, which is what i was specifically talking about. please, if you must, accuse me of something concrete.