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Herman Melville on moderates, all the way back in 1857:

“You are an abolitionist, ain’t you?” “As to that, I cannot so readily answer. If by abolitionist you mean a zealot, I am none; but if you mean a man, who, being a man, feels for all men, slaves included, and by any lawful act, opposed to nobody’s interest, and therefore, rousing nobody’s enmity, would willingly abolish suffering (supposing it, in its degree, to exist) from among mankind, irrespective of color, then am I what you say.” “Picked and prudent sentiments. You are the moderate man, the invaluable understrapper of the wicked man. You, the moderate man, may be used for wrong, but are useless for right.”
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RVrekivariede.bsky.social

Oh my god, it's the equivalent of today's "All Lives Matter", but 160 years ago!

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SRsocratesroad.bsky.social

Yep.

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caulimovirus.bsky.social

From “The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade”

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COduaadiddy.bsky.social

“You may be used for wrong but are useless for right” is sooooooooo freakin good! Damn what an insult!

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FMattyatlawn.bsky.social

One of those moderates, with the goal of abolition, but with his mind on the legal and practical issues that came with it, was called Abraham Lincoln.

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DDdrprunesquallor.bsky.social

Reading it right now

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HLlfillingham.bsky.social

"feels for all men, slaves included," was the "All Lives Matter" of the day.

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Rriverdaleboy.bsky.social

Literally if by whisky

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JRjohnrossmd.bsky.social

Another Melville banger that has aged well (Israel Potter, 1855)

"Sharing the same blood with England, and yet her proved foe in two wars--not wholly inclined at bottom to forget an old grudge--intrepid, unprincipled, reckless, predatory, with boundless ambition, civilized in externals but a savage at heart, America is, or may yet be, the Paul Jones of nations."
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JOjosepho.bsky.social

Old timey insults were so eloquent and sophisticated.

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