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Michael Berkowitz's avatar

Well said, sir.

I question, though, the value of learning about the specific failings of historical figures, 𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘦. I am already aware that not-only is no one perfect but anyone has the potential for extremes of both good and evil, sometimes simultaneously. Had Washington not owned slaves I would still not believe that he 𝘀𝘰𝘢𝘭π˜₯𝘯'𝘡 have owned slaves. I am not interested in history as hagiography, but no more am I interest in it as gossip. I don't learn it in order to know whose statues to tear down.

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