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user-inactivated  ·  4067 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Christopher Columbus was awful (but this other guy was not) - The Oatmeal

Thus my phrasing. Once you get into moral equivalence or whatever it just seems semi-pointless to glorify most historical figures; stick to glorifying the accomplishments. (Maybe. I just wrote that down without thinking about it.)