Crackhappy@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoAmericans, if you put yourself in the shoes of Washington, Jefferson, Adams and their ilk at the founding of this country, what questions do you think they would have for the leaders of today?message-squaremessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareAmericans, if you put yourself in the shoes of Washington, Jefferson, Adams and their ilk at the founding of this country, what questions do you think they would have for the leaders of today?Crackhappy@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square54fedilink
minus-squareNeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 month ago while themselves owning slaves I did not say that it was good morals (from today’s point of view: most of what they did was actually criminal). I said strong ones.
minus-squarefrankPodmore@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoHaving strong morals is mutually exclusive with compromising your morals to enrich yourself, which we’ve established is something they did.
I did not say that it was good morals (from today’s point of view: most of what they did was actually criminal). I said strong ones.
Having strong morals is mutually exclusive with compromising your morals to enrich yourself, which we’ve established is something they did.