Resistance Genealogy

[clueliss]

This is someone I follow on Twitter.  She does 'resistance genealogy' - meaning she regularly digs into the genealogy of politicians and other famous types when they stand and spew stupid crap.

https://twitter.com/CleverTitleTK

She retweeted this gem after Drew Brees made his statement about 'the flag' last night.

Guess who comes not only from a history of slave owning family but is tied into the removal of Choctaw Indians and the Andrew Jackson Indian Removal Act?

[clueliss]

This thread - she's demonstrating the power of searching public records - in this example it was triggered by the false allegation that he idiots with guns in St. Louis were democratic party donors (they aren't).

 

 

[HerNameIsBuffy]

On 6/4/2020 at 9:29 AM, clueliss said:

This is someone I follow on Twitter.  She does 'resistance genealogy' - meaning she regularly digs into the genealogy of politicians and other famous types when they stand and spew stupid crap.

https://twitter.com/CleverTitleTK

She retweeted this gem after Drew Brees made his statement about 'the flag' last night.

Guess who comes not only from a history of slave owning family but is tied into the removal of Choctaw Indians and the Andrew Jackson Indian Removal Act?

I'm not sure how I feel about this.  I have some dark history in my family tree, not only slaveholders but a slave trader, and that has nothing to do with who I am.  

I'm all about holding people accountable for their own actions, but we can't be personally liable for the sins of our fathers, so to speak.

To be clear I don't care if she embarrasses them with this, just commenting on the over arching point.

Edited July 4, 2020 by HerNameIsBuffy