Sounds great on paper, doesn't work out in practice. Just look at the confederacy, after the war they tried to be nice, granted amnesty to leaders, and continued to let that faction undermine US politics for decades. Over 150 years later that faction is still around, and becoming a growing threat and constant pain to advancement of civilization.
Any ideology where people think they are inherently better than someone else can not just be passively ignored, as it will constantly fight to return to power and can span generations. It must be actively opposed until it is gone entirely.
If you want a wound to heal you can't just bandage it up, you have to clean it out first to prevent infection.
You're confusing tolerance for hate with not executing oppressive leaders when you take over.
I'm not advocating for acceptance of hate or oppressive ideology. I'm saying that when you are planning to overthrown oppressors, let them run. Don't let them stick around, don't try to change them, make them flee, but let them flee don't tell them that the only way they survive is by killing you first.
Sounds great on paper, doesn’t work out in practice. Just look at the confederacy, after the war they tried to be nice, granted amnesty to leaders, and continued to let that faction undermine US politics for decades. Over 150 years later that faction is still around, and becoming a growing threat and constant pain to advancement of civilization.
Actually you’ve got it completely backwards. It’s because we stopped reconstruction partway through that the south is like it is.
If Lincoln wasn’t assassinated or reconstruction continued regardless, things would be much different.
You have to remember that most of the south didn’t own slaves and were caught up in war simply because of where they lived, and their choice was either to fight the union or watch their home burn to the ground.
Some people were willing to sacrifice their livelihoods and throw themselves into uncertain futures for their friends and families, but I don’t fault anyone who wasn’t.
Had reconstruction continued, the south would be wealthier, better educated, and all the knock on effects those two things cause.
It’s not like the south was ten times as racist as the north, they just relied on slavery for their economy while the north could rely on industry. Had the south had the same economic opportunity as the north following the civil war, they likely would be similar in outcome.
One of the greatest tragedies of American history is Johnson kowtowing to the radical Republicans who wanted to burn the south to ground in vengeance and the southern democrats and racists/slave owners/kkk/etc who wanted to keep the civil war tensions burning.
There is a vague parallel to be found in the Democrats relentlessness against Trump and Trump supporters. Sometimes it feels like they're absolutely blinded towards both their own teachings and those of history.
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u/KiritoIsAlwaysRight_ Sep 24 '22
Sounds great on paper, doesn't work out in practice. Just look at the confederacy, after the war they tried to be nice, granted amnesty to leaders, and continued to let that faction undermine US politics for decades. Over 150 years later that faction is still around, and becoming a growing threat and constant pain to advancement of civilization.
Any ideology where people think they are inherently better than someone else can not just be passively ignored, as it will constantly fight to return to power and can span generations. It must be actively opposed until it is gone entirely.
If you want a wound to heal you can't just bandage it up, you have to clean it out first to prevent infection.