Comment by silisili
Nobody is perfect. I wish we'd stop trying to find reasons to hate everyone who is celebrated, or we'll never celebrate anyone.
Nobody is perfect. I wish we'd stop trying to find reasons to hate everyone who is celebrated, or we'll never celebrate anyone.
But that's basically what we do. We learn about Lincoln, Jefferson, Franklin, Washington, MLK, etc for what good they did.
Then someone eventually figures out they did or said some wrongthink by today's standards and tell us those people should be hated because they messed up.
But the kicker is we never once learned about nor celebrated said wrongthink. We celebrated the best in people... and I think that should continue.
"Nobody is perfect" is incredibly dishonest framing.
Maybe then do not celebrate a person, but celebrate the good actions of any person.