[OnlyXtina]

And people respect him and look up to him and think his a good person?? Would you call a pedophile a good person?? I dont think so.

Im so glad i never cared for these people. They are all fake anyway. Religion is fake and disgusting, they never stand for what they preach for.

[Brunette Ambition]

of course some stuff he did is ****ed up but literally everyone back then was racist.
even only some decades ago everyone was racist and they are our great- or grandparents now.

[hairofglory]

This generation is so disturbing. Vice is poison

[Pandora]

bye @ yall defending him

was the holocaust okay because racism was the norm back then?

in years to come would yall like our kids to defend Trump bc islamophobia/bigotry was alright and 'justified'?

[Inverted]

Originally posted by OnlyXtina

Im so glad i never cared for these people. They are all fake anyway. Religion is fake and disgusting, they never stand for what they preach for.

What does Gandhi have to do with religion?

[cloudinthesky]

This isn't really that surprising to me, considering the time that he lived in Weren't most people racist against black people back then anyway? Also, his line of thinking when it comes to women pretty much lines up with what everybody thought about them at that time, so again, not really surprising. It doesn't take away from his work to incite peace and love though.

Articles like this always seem a bit sensationalist. People always have and always will be a product of their time. I'm sure even Martin Luther King had a couple opinions most modern day people would cringe over. It doesn't take away from their activism. Hell, I bet some of yall's grandparents were saying equally racist stuff just a few decades ago, let's not.

[cloudinthesky]

Originally posted by Pandora

bye @ yall defending him

was the holocaust okay because racism was the norm back then?

in years to come would yall like our kids to defend Trump bc islamophobia/bigotry was alright and 'justified'?

The difference is that Ghandi and Trump never enslaved and murdered millions of people en masse, Auschwitz-style. The same can't be said for Hitler, they're not even close to being in the same category.

[Artemisia]

Originally posted by madonnas

Well girl, if you wanna call colonialism noble, that's your prerogative.

[cOe]

Swine.

[Legacy]

It Just confirms that humans are evil

[Chill Bill]

Originally posted by fabbriche

We have never been anywhere else but the present so to judge any historical figure or history in general by the standards of our own day is called "presentism" and is inappropriate. Many of the things that we deem immoral today were once considered normal in past societies so people should avoid applying a modern framework to the past. It's a form of cultural bias.

Interesting. I've always felt that it's wrong to judge historical figures by today's standards, but I didn't know there was a word for it.

[Jonna Lee]

Originally posted by madonnas

Well girl, if you wanna call colonialism noble, that's your prerogative.

well missionary work =/= colonialism

Originally posted by Pandora

Mess. And Gaga used his ass in the G.U.Y video, no wonder it flopped

ddddd

[Monster]

This is old news, but glad it's getting out.

[YoYo]

This is such a strange thread. Half the posters never heard any of this and never knew someone who heard of it (myself included) and half thinks they're well known facts .

I'm genuinely surprised he was that disgusting. Gotta do more research. I knew mother Teresa was a kunt tho.

[Priyanka Chopra]

Expose them.

[Elusive Chanteuse]

Originally posted by Silence.

A man in the 1930s and grew up in a racially tense society grew up majorly flawed and not a black and white figure like history decided it would be more convenient to paint him as? Colour me shocked.

!!!

[Monster]

Originally posted by cloudinthesky

This isn't really that surprising to me, considering the time that he lived in Weren't most people racist against black people back then anyway? Also, his line of thinking when it comes to women pretty much lines up with what everybody thought about them at that time, so again, not really surprising. It doesn't take away from his work to incite peace and love though.

Articles like this always seem a bit sensationalist. People always have and always will be a product of their time. I'm sure even Martin Luther King had a couple opinions most modern day people would cringe over. It doesn't take away from their activism. Hell, I bet some of yall's grandparents were saying equally racist stuff just a few decades ago, let's not.

Thinking a certain demographic of people were below the threshold of humanity was not one of them. Is it alarming that some of you are condoning racism as normalized and widespread idea of the "past".

[Sunshine.]

The truth about Mother Theresea and Gandhi.

Wow. I guess Beyonce is truly in a class of her own.

[madonnas]

Originally posted by Jonna Lee

well missionary work =/= colonialism

??? That's exactly what missionary work is?

[h.u.r.r.i.c.a.n.e]

Originally posted by HausOfCarlos

Mess I didn't know any of that
I have NEVER seen anyone say or point out anything negative about him before

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