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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Nah, I liked how I phrased it. We've been failing to uphold our ideals since the beginning, even Thomas Jefferson was a hypocrite who hated slavery but sure as hell did a lot of it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

Jefferson didn't hate slavery, he even pledged support for France against Haiti's slave rebellion.