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Dpm12

(512 posts)
27. First of all, I'm black!
Thu Mar 12, 2015, 09:43 AM
Mar 2015

Secondly, not once did I say these are great people. If you read what I wrote, I said that most of them were douchebags and hypocrites. They were not/ARE not great people. I said that as PRESIDENTS, they did a good job. You do know that Lincoln, yes the one who freed the slaves, was racist and thought that blacks were inferior to whites, right? So, I guess you can't like Lincoln then. Just like ALL humans, me and everyone else including you, are not perfect right? These were men of their time. Doesn't make what they did right, but that doesn't mean that they didn't do good things too. Oh, and Hitler did do a few good things. He fixed Germany's economy after WWI, created the autobahn (a precursor to the Intersrate system here in the U.S.), made sure all Germans had radios, and created the Volkswagon Beetle. That DOESN'T mean Hitler was good, he was a terrible person, but you get the point. Michael Jackson raped kids, Jerry Lee Lewis fucked his 13 year old cousin, and Woody Allen married his stepdaughter. Does that mean we can't appreciate their art? Slavery was a horrible thing, no doubt about it, but that doesn't mean that Washington and Jefferson didn't do SOME good things. Without them, there wouldn't even be an America that we live in. Give them SOME credit. And, like I said, I'm black too, so there's no sense in playing the race card.

I would have less Polk Sherman A1 Mar 2015 #1
Obama... Dpm12 Mar 2015 #2
I would disagree with your observation Sherman A1 Mar 2015 #6
His presidency is "average"? I want what you're smoking. Liberal_Stalwart71 Mar 2015 #7
My list lovemydog Mar 2015 #3
Good list! N/T Dpm12 Mar 2015 #4
Pretty Darned Close To My Top 10 ProfessorGAC Mar 2015 #20
Very interesting ProfessorGAC. lovemydog Mar 2015 #21
Thanks, LMD ProfessorGAC Mar 2015 #32
Yes, it's a lab. lovemydog Mar 2015 #40
Ok... HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #5
Two of those presidents on your list owned slaves. No, thank you. Liberal_Stalwart71 Mar 2015 #8
Yes, many of the presidents are flawed HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #12
Sorry. I'm black, so I can't include them. Liberal_Stalwart71 Mar 2015 #16
Why be sorry? It's better to be consistent HereSince1628 Mar 2015 #17
I take it back, then. ;) Liberal_Stalwart71 Mar 2015 #18
While I realize this is subjective, I have to ask... joeybee12 Mar 2015 #9
My list... First Speaker Mar 2015 #10
Polk? And Ford? KamaAina Mar 2015 #11
Polk? Indeed. W's Iraq war closely mirrored Polk's Mexican-American war underpants Mar 2015 #30
Can't argue with the top five hifiguy Mar 2015 #13
Top 10 appalachiablue Mar 2015 #14
The reason I listed Ford Dpm12 Mar 2015 #15
Democrats idolizing a Republican on a Democratic discussion forum? Again... Liberal_Stalwart71 Mar 2015 #25
Hogwash IDemo Mar 2015 #33
Why would any Democrat have slave owners like Washington or Jefferson included Liberal_Stalwart71 Mar 2015 #19
While your point is not falling on deaf ears with me. NCTraveler Mar 2015 #22
Take everything you wrote here and apply it to the Holocaust. Your words would not Liberal_Stalwart71 Mar 2015 #24
My words were not applied to the holocaust because...... NCTraveler Mar 2015 #37
Liberal_Stalwart and I have been Dpm12 Mar 2015 #38
Not sure why they feel I can't say... NCTraveler Mar 2015 #39
Every president has their flaws Dpm12 Mar 2015 #23
Slavery doesn't mean shit to you Democrats. So when we explain how we have Liberal_Stalwart71 Mar 2015 #26
First of all, I'm black! Dpm12 Mar 2015 #27
Post removed Post removed Mar 2015 #28
You are not reading ANYTHING I write Dpm12 Mar 2015 #29
You are blocked. I believe you are a troll. Goodbye. Liberal_Stalwart71 Mar 2015 #31
Possibly due to historical and cultural context... LanternWaste Mar 2015 #35
Yea, I don't know what Dpm12 Mar 2015 #36
Mine is TheKentuckian Mar 2015 #34
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