Conor Friedersdorf

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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@dropoutnation @jbenmenachem You write that racism was "the fuel of its economy." I say it was "a" fuel. You write it was "the" governing creed. I say it was a governing creed. You adeptly sketched the pro-slavery faction at the Founding, but not the anti-slavery faction. It seems to me — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Aug. 21, 2019 Hibernated

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Conor Friedersdorf @conor64

@dropoutnation @jbenmenachem RiShawn: Thank you for taking the time to engage at such length. I was aware of most of the facts that you mentioned, and do not contest any of them (nor did my original question, though you seemed to assume otherwise). I would, however, amend one part of your analysis: — PolitiTweet.org

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@dropoutnation @jbenmenachem that the anti-slavery faction does nothing to mitigate the moral atrocity perpetrated by the pro-slavery faction, but that the fact of heated disputes and uneasy compromises between the two complicates any claim to call "slavery" or "liberty" the ideology of the founding — PolitiTweet.org

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