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struggle4progress

(120,079 posts)
Wed Sep 18, 2024, 09:00 PM Sep 18

George Washington had no children. He only raised Martha's kids as his own.

The Founders did not ridicule him for that

Instead they honored him as "the Father of his country"

After several hundred years, we may not all agree with Washington's views on everything -- but nobody of sound mind denigrates him for having no biological children

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George Washington had no children. He only raised Martha's kids as his own. (Original Post) struggle4progress Sep 18 OP
George Washington was a man. It's OK for them. Ocelot II Sep 18 #1
Exactly zorbasd Sep 18 #5
Key words..."Nobody of Sound Mind".... Enter stage left Sep 18 #2
It doesn't count for men wryter2000 Sep 18 #3
+1. Well, there are claims that Washington fathered a child with one of his slaves. Silent Type Sep 18 #4
George Washington, James Polk, James Buchanan and Andrew Jackson. JenniferJuniper Sep 18 #6
Sarah Slanders claims Kamala (whose name she intentionally mispronounces) isn't "humble" Ocelot II Sep 18 #7

zorbasd

(175 posts)
5. Exactly
Wed Sep 18, 2024, 09:27 PM
Sep 18

Today's RW incel men will continue to have their sad old dog sit on the passenger seat in place of a woman. Unless they repent and leave the Trump cult, they will be miserable all their lives, and die alone.

Silent Type

(6,385 posts)
4. +1. Well, there are claims that Washington fathered a child with one of his slaves.
Wed Sep 18, 2024, 09:10 PM
Sep 18

To be fair, many believe otherwise.

JenniferJuniper

(4,546 posts)
6. George Washington, James Polk, James Buchanan and Andrew Jackson.
Wed Sep 18, 2024, 10:23 PM
Sep 18

But no one ever said they weren't humble enough because they didn't have biological kids.

Then again, I'm amused Sarah Fuckabee thinks she's humble.

God, I hate these people.

Ocelot II

(120,432 posts)
7. Sarah Slanders claims Kamala (whose name she intentionally mispronounces) isn't "humble"
Wed Sep 18, 2024, 10:57 PM
Sep 18

because she doesn't have biological children. Another word for a Black woman deemed insufficiently humble is, of course, "uppity."

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