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Man, and to think I call out of things when my joints are a little sore (lemmy.world)

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[–] PugJesus 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

He was probably about average in terms of racism for his time period - and somewhat less racist than many politicians in power at the time. But that's damnation by faint praise as much as anything.

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[–] ThrowawaySobriquet 2 points 1 week ago

I'll cop to context being important. He was an incredibly progressive guy and most of his more extreme views were more jingo than racial hierarchy

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