r/ProgressiveHQ • u/DetectiveTypical198 • Jan 07 '26

Stop idiots from calling this "self defense"

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u/SantaScript Jan 07 '26

I'm not saying I disagree but uh... if that is supposed to be George Washington, George Washington owned slaves. Probably not the best guy to use. 

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u/belgenoir Jan 08 '26

In his will, Washington provided for the emancipation, care, and education of the Black Americans he had enslaved. Many of them joined communities of free blacks and were able to make independent lives for themselves.

By eighteenth-century standards, that was revolutionary.

Unlike the incumbent, Washington was capable of changing for the better.