Abraham Lincoln didn’t free the slaves Slaves fought for their rights and freed themselves.

Stop giving that guy all the credit for signing the Emancipation Proclamation, especially since he ordered the biggest mass execution against indigenous people in history.

Trump is a convicted felon and should’ve been disqualified from the election.

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    Especially when, by the standards of that time, Democrats were also generally responsible for slavery, the Civil War, and a century of segregation to follow.

    You just can’t compare politics from 150 years ago to politics today.

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      But… my shrieking rage that all who came before me were literally Hitler! What will I do without it? Screaming at people online that they’re stupid and wrong and also literally Hitler if they don’t agree with my Righteous Rightness is all I have. :/

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        I mean, I think the world needs more people who are trying to be Righteously Right about things than ones who dgaf and just take what they want, even if the righteousness can be a bit exhausting sometimes

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        You think you are being wise and nuanced but you are excusing genocide.

        Be better.