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PizzaMan@lemmy.world 1 year agoOk, that still doesn’t address the root of my argument, so I will ask it in a different way.
Can you prove that planned parenthood was explicitly embracing Sanger for her eugenics beliefs, instead of her beliefs about the importance of reproductive rights?
For example, people in this country openly embrace George Washington. Yet he was a slaver. He had slaves. But the people who see George Washington as a source of good for our country typically don’t include the slavery part as the good part. People are perfectly capable of acknowledging the good a historical figure has done while acknowledging the bad.
Would you consider references of George Washington to be racist?
jimbolauski@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Your George Washington straw man misses the mark, he didn’t fight for slaves. It’s more like beatifying General Lee, slave owner and general for the confederacy. I would say people that support General Lee are racists.
I don’t have to prove PP publicly approved of Sanger’s eugenics. They knew about her past, celebrated her and tried to down play her racists ramblings up until 3 years ago. Their current statement on her should have happened 40 years ago.
PizzaMan@lemmy.world 1 year ago
That’s not the basis for my comparison, and therefore not relevant. The basis for comparison was that he, just like Sanger, is a historical figure that did a lot of good, while also doing a lot of bad.
“I don’t have to prove republicans publicly approved of Washington’s slavery and slaughter of the natives. They knew about his past, celebrated him and continue to this day to tried to down play his racist actions.”
Do you still not see the problem here?
jimbolauski@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Washington did not fight for slavery, did not advicate for it, and infact freed all the slaves he owned. He was not a champion of slavery. Sanger viewed abortion and birth control as a means to stop the undesirables from reproducing. She championed eugenics, PP was just a side effect of her goals.
PizzaMan@lemmy.world 1 year ago
You still haven’t answered my question.
Would you consider organizations that honor George Washington to be racist?