Talk:George Washington

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Hand to and quickfix

Sorry i don't have an account right now, but while reading i noticed it was spose to say french "and" not french "hand" in the third paragraph of the "bio" section, thank you, and sorry if i trampled on anyones toes ^{— Unsigned, by: 71.234.88.83 / talk / contribs}

Was George Washington a traitor?

According to this Quora answer it was, and according to the Virginia museum of history and culture he can be considered a traitor as he was British, and he couldn't be a patriot as the USA didn't exist back then as an independent nation. I don't know if it fits the purpose of the article but it is interesting for me. Idk what to put (talk) 11:29, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

it would only make sense to consider him a traitor if britain had crushed the revolution or if we held a grudge over it. AMassiveGay (talk) 12:35, 9 June 2020 (UTC)

Cincinnatus and irony

It's perhaps especially ironic that Washington gets so often compared to Cincinnatus considering that Cincinnatus was a small farmer whereas Washington was the owner of a large slave plantation. Vee (talk) 17:15, 9 October 2022 (UTC)

Despite his personal misgivings?

Like many other Founding Fathers and early presidents of the United States, Washington's legacy is heavily marred by the institution of slavery, which he protected while in office despite his personal misgivings.

I don't really think his guilty conscience matters much considering he actively protected slavery to protect his own capital. The American Patriots promised the slaves of loyalists freedom if they fought for them, and then fucking put them back in shackles when everything was said and done. Washington was particularly egregious about this. There is also how back when Washington, D.C wasn't a thing yet, and the capital of the US was in a free state, that Washington would send his slaves back with his wife to Mount Vernon every six months to avoid local emancipation laws. He was a real piece of shit. His guilty conscience doesn't change what he did, and he ignored his own epiphany anyways to continue being a slavering piece of shit. Carthage (talk) 04:39, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

That’s the reason his “guilty conscience” merits no more than a four word mention that doesn’t even use the word “guilty”. Chef Moosolini’s Ristorante Italiano^{Make a Reservation} 07:16, 17 May 2024 (UTC)

Attitude towards gay soldiers

Of some interest is his attitude toward gay soldiers. There's two cases that seem on surface to contradict each other. First is Frederich Wilhelm von Steuben, believed to have been openly gay. This one Washington tolerated in the Army. The other is Frederick Gotthold Enslin. That one Washington had run out of the Army, in part for "sodomy". However at a glance, I wonder if it wasn't actually over him being gay. "Sodomy" was a broad category not just referring to homosexuality; many convictions for sodomy over the centuries were in fact for bestiality. Also, Enslin was accused of slandering someone as well, apparently. Chillpilled (talk) 03:30, 6 July 2024 (UTC)