Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoTIL In the 1800s, individuals secured government jobs through connections to presidents, not by merit. This practice ended after a disgruntled job-seeker assassinated President James A. Garfield,www.americanhistorycentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1293arrow-down17
arrow-up1286arrow-down1external-linkTIL In the 1800s, individuals secured government jobs through connections to presidents, not by merit. This practice ended after a disgruntled job-seeker assassinated President James A. Garfield,www.americanhistorycentral.comDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·2 months agoSane people don’t kill other people.
minus-squareZipitydew@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoEven that is still an understatement for how looney tunes this dude was.
minus-squaredaddy32@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoWell, there’s a classic: “Would you kill hitler?” and a follow-up: “Would you kill baby hitler?”. Now, there’s a lot of ways to discuss these questions and possible answers.
Sane people don’t kill other people.
Even that is still an understatement for how looney tunes this dude was.
Well, there’s a classic: “Would you kill hitler?” and a follow-up: “Would you kill baby hitler?”. Now, there’s a lot of ways to discuss these questions and possible answers.