• cryptosporidium140@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Idk, he sounds arguably progressive given when and where he was born:

    “There are all sorts of men – good, bad and, for the most part, indifferent – in every country, and in every race. Nothing is more wrong than to deny to an individual, on account of race or origin, his right to be judged on his personal merits and conduct” -Churchill, 1920

    Most of the negative stuff is either jokes that haven’t aged well or unapologetic support for imperialism, both of which were much more common at the time.

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      1 year ago

      that quote still actually applies if you accommodate the fact that he didn’t actually count Indians as human beings

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      1 year ago

      Most of the negative stuff is either jokes that haven’t aged well…

      "I hate Indians. They are a beastly people with a beastly religion. The famine was their own fault for breeding like rabbits."

      or unapologetic support for imperialism, both of which were much more common at the time.

      You think the people suffering from imperialism supported it?