Time to bulldoze the Jefferson Memorial?

[Max Sawicky]

> Max Sawicky wrote:
>
> >Quite right.  The specifics of this case aside, we
> >could just as easily dismiss Marx for being a sexist
> >or overly fond of hamburgers, or any other figure from
> >the past for some deviation for contemporary left mores.
>
> Yes, by all means let's forgive Jefferson for this, too - an
> excerpt from a Sep 23 1800 letter to Dr Benjamin Rush regarding yellow
fever epidemic in Philadelphia: . . .

What a burden to uphold historicism to would-be
Marxists.  It's a dirty job but somebody has to
do it.

Failure to dismiss does not equal forgiveness.
It's not even in the same dimension; dismiss goes
to the social value of a person's thoughts and
actions (emphasis plural); forgiveness is some
kind of moral judgement.  Bet you once considered
the seminary.

Helpfully,

MBS