These are different people. Why should the atrocities of others be laid to their charge?
This is a defense from someone charging Darwin with racism based on societal standards a century after his death? Who claims he was an inspiration to Hitler?
The yardstick of history was a conscious choice on my part, and it's a shame it can't be brought down on some knuckles. Louisiana traded human lives, while Darwin was enlightened for his day. His "racism" is a modern construct. Theirs was not. Perhaps the legislature could cast its nets a little closer to home if it's so intent on denouncing historical racism.
Ancient history? Louisiana had more Jim Crow laws on the books than any other state; they were enforced until the 1960s. David Duke was elected to the legislature in 1989, ran for governor and the US Senate, and currently holds an elected position with the Republican party. The Louisiana legislature has no standing to lecture anybody on racism.
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