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[OkapiVideo]

John Brown-- the original badass.

[ahnooie4]

November 11, 1859

In a lecture at Tremont Temple, Ralph Waldo Emerson referred to Brown: “The Saint, whose fate yet hangs in suspense, but whose martyrdom, if it shall be perfected, will make the gallows as glorious as the cross”.

[TheFederalistVoice]

For everyone who attacks John Brown for using the Bible and Christianity to justify his actions, mind you that slaveholders and pro-slavery expansionists also used the Bible and Christianity to justify their murders and horrid treatment of fellow brothers and sisters. BTW, for those that forget, the Border Ruffians were murdering non-violent abolitionists in Kansas to advance slavery. I may not speak for Christ, but I'm damn sure he would not be defending slavery in any way, shape, or form.

[tevildoII]

These commenters who believe that no cause justifies violent action are worms, not men.

[Tommytot35]

For a Baptist preacher whose SWORN duty it is to uphold God's commandments, he sure broke the fifth one, and got his just deserve.

[timlamiamify]

@alemanaheyhey continued- at Harper's Ferry. Slavery was wrong. The Union Army, under direction of the elected leadership of the country, pretty much did what John Brown did in liberating the slaves from bondage through force of arms. Of course there were other political factors leading up to the war but you cannot doubt that slavery was one of the leading causes.

[timlamiamify]

@alemanaheyhey The right to do the honors? I guess that's all reserved for the Union Army once certified by Congress then? He tried to free slaves and arm them so they could form their own territory on American soil and defend themselves from bigots. A few men died. His revolution was terribly executed and him and his men paid their price for it. If the opponents of John Brown had their way,countless more Africans would've lost their lives and livelihood than the few killed

[HideYourKids100]

There are too many idiots to quote, but John Brown was batshit crazy. Was he fucking awesome? Absolutely, since he had the balls to butcher people with a fucking broadsword. But the fact he was an abolitionist doesn't change the fact that he still butchered people for his cause. He broke the law and died for it. So don't justify murder, all you bloodthirsty neckbeard freaks.

[Rshirley2124]

@savinobratton Proslavery or not, that action ruined his "just" cause.

[savinobratton]

@alemanaheyhey They were not "law abiding US citizen[s]"; they were proslavery guerillas.

[savinobratton]

@Rshirley2124 Proslavery "settle[r]s," mind you.

[Rshirley2124]

@savinobratton The greatest american that ever lived? Ever heard of the Pottawatomie Creek Massacre? May 24, 1856. John Brown and his "followers" raided and butchered the settles there with, get this, broadswords. Greatest american? what a joke. He used the bible as an excuse to kill civilians. He was nothing more than a self rightous traitor and was hanged for it. period.