Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days 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-up1295arrow-down18
arrow-up1287arrow-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 · 20 days agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squareSpaceNoodle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·20 days agoSane people don’t kill other people.
minus-squareZipitydew@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 days agoEven that is still an understatement for how looney tunes this dude was.
minus-squaredaddy32@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 days 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.