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Originally Posted by 1964Alum
No, their roles in the history and development of our country was very different from that of Confederates who withdrew from and fought against our nation in order to preserve the institution of slavery.
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Washington, Jefferson, et al didn't fight against slavery because they were PRO-SLAVERY. They were perfectly fine with owning slaves.
You can't spin that away.
So if we're going to be
consistent in this overly binary way of classifying people as "good" or "evil", let's keep that in mind.