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0 pointsohCh6zos3y ago0 comments

Why would you reject something based on the age? Either the idea has value or it does not without regard for the age.

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I don't reject it based on age. I reject it based on the fact that the people in question were largely slaveowners who led a revolution because the government of Britain was trying to muscle in on their tea smuggling operations, who thought that phlogiston existed, who were deists, who have nothing to teach us today.

prottog3y ago

In the same vein as GP, the validity of an idea is independent of whether the people who held them owned slaves. If you don't own slaves but think the sun rises from the west, you're still wrong.

Besides, if the only things to be learned from history are those from whom you deem morally clean, I'd wager there's precious little left at all.

jeffbee3y ago

The GP wasn’t advocating for their ideals, they were just wondering aloud what their opinions might be, and that’s the thing nobody should care about.

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jeffbee3y ago

prottog3y ago

In the same vein as GP, the validity of an idea is independent of whether the people who held them owned slaves. If you don't own slaves but think the sun rises from the west, you're still wrong.

Besides, if the only things to be learned from history are those from whom you deem morally clean, I'd wager there's precious little left at all.

jeffbee3y ago

The GP wasn’t advocating for their ideals, they were just wondering aloud what their opinions might be, and that’s the thing nobody should care about.

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