• BobDole [none/use name]
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    1 month ago

    wojak-nooo nooooo you can’t judge historical actors by contemporary morality

    Uh, how about the priest the Spanish court sent to see what he was up to who listed all of the monstrous shit he did?

    • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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      1 month ago

      Right? It's always BS. there have always been people who recognized that hurting and enslaving others was fucked up. There's no point in recorded history where there weren't people who would have agreed that some of the shit their neighbors were doing is fucked up.

      • GrouchyGrouse [he/him]
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        1 month ago

        Two gauls in chains being marched south to a life of Roman slavery. The first one says "man, fuck Caesar." The second one says "wait, hold on there, buddy. Who are we to judge?"

      • BobDole [none/use name]
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        1 month ago

        You can’t judge The Founding Fathers by contemporary morality! Everyone was okay with it then!

        What about fucking Thomas Paine??