• The Spectre@lemmy.mlOP
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    Washington owned slaves. He was not some moral high ground individual. The only reason why they even got independence from Britain was that Britain wanted to stop the expansion of the territory and the people in the colonies wanted to continue it and kill all the natives.

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    In 1784, Washington paid unnamed “Negroes” for nine teeth. We don’t know the precise circumstances, says Van Horn: “The president’s decision to pay his slaves for their teeth may have been a recognition on his part that teeth were something sacrosanct and personal.” On the other hand, being enslaved meant that any economic exchange was inherently not fair.

    He literally took advantage of enslaved people to get their teeth and you consider it as just “bought”. Top tier cracker mindset. I guess that to you it was also fair for him to own his slaves because he “bought” them.

    https://daily.jstor.org/were-george-washingtons-teeth-taken-from-enslaved-people/

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      I didn’t suggest anything about his character, and we could probably have an entirely separate discussion about imperialism.

      What is important is how you source information when it comes to dental prosthetics.

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        Oh please, criticizing the meme because “the teeth were bought” Is an attempt to save his caharacter. And then saying that images with words are all dumb. People can see through your attempt of white washing.

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          I don’t give a fuck about his character.

          You are making assumptions about my intent or what I believe, which is a childish argument tactic.

          Again, internet pictures with words are fucking dumb. You might get a ton of likes on Facebook with that shit though.

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            Go on a seethe, cope calling me childish or whatever your manipulation tactic is, but your attempt of white washing is obvious. I am done talking to you.

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              Lulz, wut? I called your discussion style childish and you literally just did the same thing again.

              I could make all kinds of assumptions about your intents, and none of them good. But I don’t.