Post A1Qa7L0WAbIk3FtoOG by groff@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #A1QZdVkdeyxKgZFWQy by ParadeGrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org
       2020-11-21T15:56:36Z
       
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       If you read one thing about Trump today, read this -- worth your time:https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/nov/21/can-american-democracy-survive-donald-trumpMoney quote:"The constitution contains explicit protections of slavery but never uses the word slavery, [...] The declaration "we hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal" was written by a man who enslaved men he did not consider his equal."
       
 (DIR) Post #A1Qa7L0WAbIk3FtoOG by groff@mastodon.social
       2020-11-21T16:02:02Z
       
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       @ParadeGrotesque Substitute 'landed gentry' for 'men' and the truth is revealed.
       
 (DIR) Post #A1QbMJkxCfsuTAKHI0 by trebach@tilde.zone
       2020-11-21T16:15:29Z
       
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       @ParadeGrotesque And had affairs with at least one of them. There were DNA tests from her descendants about 5 years ago to prove their linage back to him. https://www.monticello.org/sallyhemings/
       
 (DIR) Post #A1QqHRKb6xvDpL88Ui by cstanhope@social.coop
       2020-11-21T19:03:08Z
       
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       @ParadeGrotesque The paradox at the heart of the US. This stood out for me too. “Feelings propel fascism more than thought does.”