a10sucks t1_iu5vmqq wrote on October 28, 2022 at 7:53 PM

Reply to comment by Happy13178 in Canada House of Commons unanimously agrees to describe residential schools as genocide by shpydar

John Brown was the most popular man in the northern states for his actions against the slave states.

Happy13178 t1_iu5vpkp wrote on October 28, 2022 at 7:53 PM

And?

a10sucks t1_iu5x2de wrote on October 28, 2022 at 8:03 PM

If a man was massively popular for literally taking war to the institution of race-based slavery, what does that tell you about the popularity of the institution of slavery, of racism?

Sir John was a piece of shit even by the standards of his time.

Happy13178 t1_iu5xfws wrote on October 28, 2022 at 8:05 PM

Massively popular is subjective based on time period. He could have been massively popular in a town of 300, doesn't mean much. I'm still betting many in the late 1800s didn't give a shit, certainly not anywhere near to the point they are today, and you're arguing over a guy that's been dead for over a century for....what, internet points? This is a stupid discussion and you're wasting both our time on it.