Hamstrosity @hamstrosity.bsky.social · 26/01/2026I remember learning about the caning of Charles Sumner in school, but not that it was in response to an antislavery speech that *very* pointedly used rape as a metaphor-but-not-actually-a-metaphor-we-know-what-you-monsters-are-up-to. 1486
Hamstrosity @hamstrosity.bsky.social · 24/01/2026A lot of Union soldiers made a similar U-turn on abolition once they encountered slavery firsthand. 1232
Hamstrosity @hamstrosity.bsky.social · 17/11/2025No one ever mentions the family lynching anecdote either: 2131
Hamstrosity @hamstrosity.bsky.social · 26/10/2025And the x axes are in different ranges! Here's a roughly scaled version: 0612
Hamstrosity @hamstrosity.bsky.social · 21/08/2023Not sure if this is anything out of the ordinary? 140
