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Confederate flag won't be up for breakfast
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<blockquote data-quote="beardking" data-source="post: 2761073" data-attributes="member: 31421"><p>I could be wrong (happens all the time), but I believe that what is celebrated about those mentioned above has more to do with the positive that they did for the country and not so much the negativity related to them. Now, if all Jefferson and Washington were known for is owning slaves, then, yeah, them being heralded as great leaders and great men would be wrong. However, I'm pretty sure that the whole slave thing was only one portion of what they did in their lives. I'm not belittling the fact that they owned slaves, or defending that they did. I'm just saying, if we only focus on the negative side of people's contributions to the world, then I'm pretty sure quite a few of us on here are going to be considered evil people. However, the people considering us evil people will be evil people as well, because, you know, we are only focusing on their negative attributes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="beardking, post: 2761073, member: 31421"] I could be wrong (happens all the time), but I believe that what is celebrated about those mentioned above has more to do with the positive that they did for the country and not so much the negativity related to them. Now, if all Jefferson and Washington were known for is owning slaves, then, yeah, them being heralded as great leaders and great men would be wrong. However, I'm pretty sure that the whole slave thing was only one portion of what they did in their lives. I'm not belittling the fact that they owned slaves, or defending that they did. I'm just saying, if we only focus on the negative side of people's contributions to the world, then I'm pretty sure quite a few of us on here are going to be considered evil people. However, the people considering us evil people will be evil people as well, because, you know, we are only focusing on their negative attributes. [/QUOTE]
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