Why Andrew Jackson’s Legacy Is So Controversial.

[BS Filter]

That is the other thing.

Presidents who were war time generals are often glorified for their conquests.

Just look around in Washington DC. You see monuments to who? It is to Washington, Lincoln, FDR, and Jefferson. Only Jefferson was not a war time President, which speaks volumes as to why he got a monument amongst his war time peers. Jefferson was simply an intellectual giant among them.

Yeah, but he screwed a Black woman so that means he has to be canceled.

 

[Mindful]

Manifest Destiny. Who’s idea was that?

 

[TNHarley]

I visited the Lincoln Memorial, and that huge statue of the man.

Yet some people detest him, and are pleased about the assassination.

 

[Mindful]

What do you think of Andrew Jackson, TN?

He’s my focus of attention at the moment. And America’s westward expansion. With all the darkness of deed it entailed.

 

[TNHarley]

What do you think of Andrew Jackson, TN?

He’s my focus of attention at the moment. And America’s westward expansion. With all the darkness of deed it entailed.

He was horrible. Royally abused his powers. He also believed in "scorched earth" policies like lincoln.
Should have been hung in a town square.

 

[Hellbilly]

You're an idiot.

 

[Mindful]

He was horrible. Royally abused his powers. He also believed in "scorched earth" policies like lincoln.
Should have been hung in a town square.

I read that he had once killed a man over an argument about a horse race. And was proud of it.

 

[marvin martian]

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Oh look, the injun killer is back!

LOL

 

[TNHarley]

I read that he had once killed a man over an argument about a horse race. And was proud of it.

I dont doubt it. He was in many duels.
No telling what kind of silly shit they shot each other over back then.

 

[BS Filter]

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You can't think. You're an idiot.

 

[BS Filter]

What do you think of Andrew Jackson, TN?

He’s my focus of attention at the moment. And America’s westward expansion. With all the darkness of deed it entailed.

People were very different in those days. Tougher and direct. No ambiguity. Didn't have to worry about some people losing their shit over some queers getting shot or strung up.

 

[eagle7-31]

The seventh president has a particularly harsh record when it comes to enslaved people and Native Americans.

Should Andrew Jackson be revered or reviled? The question of how to grapple with the seventh president’s tarnished reputation has persisted since Old Hickory’s lifetime.

Known as a strong-willed, argumentative and combative personality, Jackson, who served as president from 1829 to 1837, inspires conflicting reactions. Admirers cite him as a populist hero who challenged the political establishment and ushered in a key era of American exploration and westward expansion. Critics say it's wrong to valorize him since he owned enslaved people, treated them harshly and forced Native Americans to be removed from their ancestral lands, causing thousands of deaths. Once so revered that his face was chosen for the $20 bill, Jackson has more recently inspired a tussle between consecutive Treasury secretaries over whether to keep him there. And in 2018, news that Jackson’s grave was vandalized at The Hermitage, his plantation in Nashville, Tennessee, breathed new life into the debate. Here’s why so many have questioned his legacy:

Why Andrew Jackson's Legacy Is So Controversial | HISTORY

The seventh president has a particularly harsh record when it comes to enslaved people and Native Americans.

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Applying 21st century standards to the 19th century will not work.

 

[Mindful]

Applying 21st century standards to the 19th century will not work.

I wasn’t doing that. One has to put in place some sort of appraisal in place, to make sense of events.

Even at that time, Davy Crockett was objecting to Andrew Jackson’s actions. And risked his life in doing so.

 

[eagle7-31]

I wasn’t doing that. One has to put in place some sort of appraisal in place, to make sense of events.

Even at that time, Davy Crockett was objecting to Andrew Jackson’s actions. And risked his life in doing so.

Different era entirely. Not excusing some events, will agree about Crockett. Jackson had the only administration which BOTH a balanced budget and no debt. Also he threatened South Carolina leaders wanting to leave the union over tariff policy. And he stood up to the Bank of the United States.

 

[Mindful]

I dont doubt it. He was in many duels.
No telling what kind of silly shit they shot each other over back then.

I’m on to Polk now.

 

[longly]

I’m not a Democrat, pal.
Republicans are just as guilty.

Jackson founded the Democrat party, but the Republican party didn't exist at that time. So how can the Republicans be just as responsible?

 

[DudleySmith]

Jackson founded the Democrat party, but the Republican party didn't exist at that time. So how can the Republicans be just as responsible?

They had Whigs, though, which was succeeded by the Republicans; 'Lincoln was a Whig.

 

[whoisit]

Davy Crockett was a fierce critic of President Andrew Jackson. Crockett strongly opposed Jackson's Indian Removal Act of 1830 which led to the Trail of Tears and the terrible deaths of so many Native Americans.

He opposed Jackson's actions to return to the gold standard. In a letter to John Drurey1, Crockett wrote:

“Jackson hated all banks...the only sound currency was gold and silver...[He] launched a crusade to replace all bank notes with hard money."​

Davy Crockett attacked the withdrawal of government funds from the Bank of the United States by President Jackson.

Davy Crockett Versus Andrew Jackson: Trump's Hero?

Why does Andrew Jackson's portrait hang in President Trump's Oval Office? Jackson had a history of favoring Indian removal. Jackson's first priority after getting elected President was to get the Indian Removal Act of 1830 passed. Davy Crockett fought against the Act, which Davy thought was unjust.

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Jackson had no other choice than to enslave them, they were also slave owners from other tribes, and at war with other tribes all the time. he either enslaved them or his army had to fight them again, still to this day they choose to stay on reservations rather than join society.
Wonder what would be their coirse if China, India, Russia was here first? Imagine that one!
And God help them if the Catholic from Spain or Portugal were able to multiply and rule. If they weren't Inquisition-ing they were Crusading one deadly torturous act after another.

When we will ever realize humans aren't humain and see only the strong survive till they get complacent and weak and another tribe or people take over.
Always been that was an empire falls another one takes over.

 

[whitehall]

The British Union Jack flew from slave ships for the better part of 200 years. Old Hickory saved America from the 2nd British invasion in the early 1800's, therefore Jackson is an American hero. If the left wants to search for bigots they can go no further than the 20th century president who issued an executive order 9066 that authorized government agents to round up and incarcerate American citizens without due process.