In Praise of Dead White Men - News Bloggers
D'Souza still misses the mark. He writes in praise of the founding fathers' understanding that slavery was wrong and their foresight that it would take time to destroy the institution. However, he completely jumps past their ownership of slaves - a practice in which they certainly could have chosen NOT to participate. Those who wish to simply heap praise upon the founding fathers without taking an honest critical look at their lives are doing no justice to the history of our country. We need as much truth as we can obtain in order to move forward socially, politically and economically. D'Souza also leaves out that Lincoln wrote that if he could have won the war without freeing the slaves, he would have done so. Yes, the founding fathers are to be praised, but they are also to be criticized for not living the convictions of their own consciences.
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