didn't Aaron Burr took care of Hamilton at Weehakee,NJ?

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From: "Susan Hogarth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 8:30 AM
Subject: Re: [Libertarian] Straight White Guys are All Bad - Dead Presidents 
Especially


> On Jan 28, 2008 12:55 PM, Bruce Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> Don't forget to trash Cristopher Columbus and Abe Lincoln while
>>  you are at it. The Libertarian Extremists and the Democrats
>>  agree on this, too.
>>
>>  All adult straight Caucasian/European men are bad.
>>  We should punish them politically, socially and legally.
>>
>>  What is with this Rothbardian culture of hate?
>
> Who put the burr under your saddle?
>
> I merely point out that Washington had deficiencies as both general
> and president, and you erupt into a fountain of dudgeon. I'll bet you
> bought that story about the cherry tree, too ;-)
>
> You've leapt from honest and sincere questioning of *state* mythos to
> linking Rothbard with your ridiculous "All adult straight
> Caucasian/European men are bad" idea of "Libertarian Extremism". And
> this despite the fact that I pointed out that Rothbard offers effusive
> praise for many of the revolutionaries (and I doubt ALL of them were
> gay:)
>
> Why are you so obsessed with Rothbard, Bruce? He was just a guy. He
> had a lot of good things to say. He said some silly things. He was, in
> short, human - neither demon nor god. *As was Washington*.
>
> You need to get over the twin fallacies of hero-worship and
> demonization of historical figures.
>
> Well, except for Alexander Hamilton. He really *was* a demon ;-)
>
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