What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?

— Only the monstrous anger of the guns.

Only the stuttering rifles’ rapid rattle

Can patter out their hasty orisons…

– Wilfred Owen

      • @Tillyrblue@lemmy.ml
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        1410 months ago

        Tuberville seems like he gets offended when the NFL wears pink to support breast cancer awareness.

      • @gowan@reddthat.com
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        910 months ago

        Keyes was not a socialist as he owned slaves throughout his life. Im fairly positive that slave owning does align with any form of socialism.

          • @gowan@reddthat.com
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            -210 months ago

            He owned eight humans when he died. He liberated slaves to oversee other slaves. Calling him a socialist is like calling Marx a neoconservative.

            • Flying SquidOP
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              1310 months ago

              I didn’t say he was a socialist, I said his relationship with slavery was complicated. Which it was, as you can see if you just read that part of the Wikipedia entry.

                • Flying SquidOP
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                  1710 months ago

                  Ok, and the comment I replied to said a thing about a man whose name you got wrong which is not as black-and-white as you make it out to be. You don’t get to be free from criticism yourself, sorry.