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30 sats \ 6 replies \ @TNStacker 21 Jun \ parent \ on: The Problem with Juneteenth econ
Since 2020, there has been the renaming of U. S. Army bases, schools, streets, etc. But there has been and currently is push back.
https://www.wate.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/virginia-school-district-restores-confederate-names-at-2-schools/
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21 sats \ 5 replies \ @Satosora 21 Jun
Very interesting.
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20 sats \ 4 replies \ @TNStacker 21 Jun
Typical
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21 sats \ 3 replies \ @Satosora 21 Jun
There are always loser to a war. Just because he was on the losing side doesnt mean he was a bad person. Some events in the past have to be viewed from the perspective of the past, even if it is wrong in the present.
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20 sats \ 2 replies \ @TNStacker 21 Jun
Sounds like moral relativism to me, which is overly simplistic and inadequate. There were abolitionist then. They knew. The human capacity for rationalization and justification is really something.
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @Satosora 21 Jun
Lets get this straight, I dont believe what they did is right. And them continuing to proclaim their innocence and ignorance isnt right, either.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @TNStacker 21 Jun freebie
Why say this in a discussion of Robert E. Lee, then?
Just because he was on the losing side doesnt mean he was a bad person.
He's not a bad person for being on the losing side. The stated cause of the losing side was wrong and immoral