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RobinA

(9,874 posts)
19. She Had Some Views
Wed Jul 22, 2020, 09:00 AM
Jul 2020

that were distasteful. She was also very dedicated to improving women's lives and fought considerable odds to do so. On balance, In my opinion, she did more good than harm. If this keeps up we are going to have two versions of history. The scrubbed version and the actual version. We are also fostering intolerance by saying that only people who are pure are worthy of being remembered for what they did. And yes, some of her views should not be tolerated, but it is possible to laud a person for the good that they did without implying toleration for their worst. In fact, it's kind of a teachable moment. A world where only people with the currently approved opinions can be discussed and remembered is not a world I want to live in.

This message was self-deleted by its author denem Jul 2020 #1
Good for them Lulu KC Jul 2020 #2
i thought this Eugenics was a star trek and other scifi thing. AllaN01Bear Jul 2020 #3
Someone posted the other day "Who knew that our history books were fan fiction?" catrose Jul 2020 #12
K&R n/t ChazII Jul 2020 #4
so I guess they did a reseach on her catsudon Jul 2020 #5
They defended her for years. Igel Jul 2020 #6
?????? musette_sf Jul 2020 #9
from your link catsudon Jul 2020 #13
I disagree with the attacks on Sanger CatLady78 Jul 2020 #15
I don't think PP has to do this at all. musette_sf Jul 2020 #29
I am glad you contacted them and made these points CatLady78 Jul 2020 #36
I am really curious how they reply to you obamanut2012 Jul 2020 #37
Good. mahina Jul 2020 #7
I disagree with the decision that Planned Parenthood has made. musette_sf Jul 2020 #8
She Was Dedicated RobinA Jul 2020 #10
The morality of racism of eugenics and racism are one and the same. denem Jul 2020 #11
She Had Some Views RobinA Jul 2020 #19
This is a great post CatLady78 Jul 2020 #20
I disagree with your assertion that musette_sf Jul 2020 #26
"Nowhere in Ms Sanger's writings or speeches does she state that "deprived people" denem Jul 2020 #34
I am with you - she was a product of her times CatLady78 Jul 2020 #14
I agree catsudon Jul 2020 #17
"she was a product of her times" denem Jul 2020 #18
i did not know about catsudon Jul 2020 #21
It is cultural borderline personality CatLady78 Jul 2020 #23
Ms Sanger never made any reference to "lower races". musette_sf Jul 2020 #27
Crazy time kelly97 Jul 2020 #16
It's like we're purging the past, and I think we're going too far, IMO. Calista241 Jul 2020 #22
Let me quote Margaret Sanger herself. denem Jul 2020 #24
Abortion at the turn of the 20th century was a brutal, unperfected, slap-dash process Calista241 Jul 2020 #28
Agreed, and thank you for your post. musette_sf Jul 2020 #30
Sanger, by her own account, regarded abortion as barbaric denem Jul 2020 #32
All they did was take her name off a building Yeehah Jul 2020 #25
Except she wasn't "bad". musette_sf Jul 2020 #31
Was eugenics bad? denem Jul 2020 #33
She was a good person mixed with some bad Yeehah Jul 2020 #35
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