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Zhuul t1_j18y5kr wrote

Reply to comment by DisciplineShot2872 in Lest We Forget Slavery Museum by joshuaferris

The NPS did an amazing job with it. Great nations don’t hide from their failures.

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DisciplineShot2872 t1_j18yzyd wrote

My thoughts exactly! We learn, we get better. Not everyone agrees unfortunately. Heaven forbid we accept that our predecessors were real people, with flaws, rather than mythic gods.

Edit: To be clear, owning slaves is waaaaay past being a flaw.

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