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by AnthonyMouse 2171 days ago
Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferson is dead. Independence is not.

If you want to take down a statue of a Jefferson, go take down a statue of Jefferson Davis. If you can find one.

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> Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferson is dead. Independence is not.

So, even though his children are dead and their children are dead, it's almost as if what he did in his life had ramifications through the ages and still shapes society today. I'd never considered that possibility. I wonder if there are other situations where that applies?

The obvious difference being that "all men are created equal" is something we should want to preserve whereas slavery is something we should want to destroy forever.