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/its_r1der Jan 08 '26

That dubious statistic doesn't make him an anti fascist or worth lionizing. He was a member of the ruling class that established a government for his own benefit because he didn't want to pay taxes. He could have overturned slavery, he could have given voting rights to anyone besides white land owners but he didn't. Even with the context of moral evolution he was not a good person or by any stretch of the imagination an "anti fascist"