The Problem With Looking for Lessons in the John Brown Story
time.com
Brown concluded that violence justified violence
  • GenderIsOpSec [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    He gathered a small band of antislavery men who in the middle of the night dragged five proslavery settlers from their cabins and hacked them to death.

    Chef's kiss

    Edit: The Dollop did a three parter about John Brown and have a lot better takes on the man part 1 part 2 part 3

    • LangdonAlger [any]
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      4 years ago

      This was retribution for murders against abolitionists. Every act of violence John Brown did was a reaction to provocative violence from the slaveholding class.

      Edit: not saying this to correct you, but to justify/defend his actions

      Edit 2: Potawatamie is fun to say, I'm glad he killed people there so I get to say that word more often and because they deserved killing

      • wantonviolins [they/them]M
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        4 years ago

        Sounds like this “John Brown” guy was just as much of a reactionary as the alt-right the way he was reacting so much to things! Guess there is no difference between the extremes. Another slam dunk for horseshoe theory.