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[–] 39 points 9 months ago (10 children)

Especially Jefferson. Not Franklin though. Benjamin Franklin in a letter to a young man listed 8 reasons why an older mistress was preferable to a younger one.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (9 children)

    Also people thought Washington was gay so...

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (8 children)

    Who did? He was married to Martha with no accusations of homosexuality.

    Also not really sure how this is a response to what that guy said.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago (7 children)

    Never had kids with her and she was a widow.

    Is where it started. You’ll find various opinions on it/his inner circle.

    Potentially he wouldn’t be interested in raping little girls.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (5 children)

    Maybe but it's a mitigating factor towards traveling to the island in the first place.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (4 children)

    The island is a symptom, not a cause.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (3 children)

    Still relevant to being mentioned in the files.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (2 children)

    Well, okay, but the main point of why it's a problem being mentioned in the files is that it means you are, at least to some extent, a supporter of sexual violence. And probably even paedophilia.

    What I understand the post is trying to say is that these guys were all doing the same kind of horrible shit. It's trying to hint that USA might have been rotten to the core right from the beginning.

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