US Politics on Sidechat | If we judged all history before XX century with modern day standards, more than 90% of the historical figures would be racists, sexists, antisemitists, warmongers, etc. You can criticize their personalities, but not ignore their achievements.

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If we judged all history before XX century with modern day standards, more than 90% of the historical figures would be racists, sexists, antisemitists, warmongers, etc. You can criticize their personalities, but not ignore their achievements.

US Politics 20w

I know this may be an unpopular opinion, but a broken clock is right twice a day

Anonymous 20w

.. they were racist sexist etc. And yeah important to keep in mind stuff like that i guess while looking at historical achievements. Doesn’t entirely discount it, but relevant

Anonymous 20w

We can remember Washington as a great strategic mind while also remembering he put enslaved people’s teeth in his mouth

Anonymous 20w

Nobody is saying ignore achievements ppl are saying don’t ignore the suffering they caused.

Anonymous 20w

Try to at least be accurate

Anonymous

#2 20w

Like, the founder of my university had hella slaves and fought for the confederacy. We didn’t take down the statue, but we have a sign now (2020) that says “he had slaves”

Anonymous

#2 20w

Yeah, exactly. You should keep in mind that they thought very differently to modern Americans. Who knows? Maybe we will feel that way towards people who drove cars, or vegans.