Today we have a demagogue who is clinging to the memory of George Washington to make himself more popular.
So let's tell a story of when this happened before. In 1939 a group of American Nazis held a rally in New York City.
This was their speech backdrop... (yikes thread)
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@WeThePeople I think even old Georgy boy would have been appalled.
@WeThePeople all I have read about him tells me that he wouldn't want to be an idol. Yes he was a slave owner but he also rejected the attempt to coronate him. This is not to forgive the unforgivable - but he was a man of the enlightenment.
None of us are enlightened enough
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I find it hard to summarize the morality or the impressions of what a man{or woman} is truly like 200 years after their dead.
The written word overall shows very little about true personality or Morality
But on the other hand, I would like to think he would be horrified,..... for a slave owner that is