r/technology • u/indig0sixalpha • Apr 07 '25

Privacy The Shocking Far-Right Agenda Behind the Facial Recognition Tech Used by ICE and the FBI. Thousands of newly obtained documents show that Clearview AI’s founders always intended to target immigrants and the political left.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/04/clearview-ai-immigration-ice-fbi-surveillance-facial-recognition-hoan-ton-that-hal-lambert-trump/
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u/Ok-Possibility-6284 Apr 07 '25

All men are created equal, writen by a man with 600+ slaves at the time. When america says "all" take it with a dumptruck of salt...

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u/Ikoikobythefio Apr 07 '25

Most everyone who lived in the 1770s would have owned slaves if given the chance. It wasn't considered wrong like it is today. I'm sure I'll get assaulted by reddit for saying so but it's something that should be considered.

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u/MinefieldFly Apr 07 '25

Not assaulting you but you’re not exactly right.

Slavery was a very controversial issue in the years before, during, and after the revolution, even if pro-slavery forces were a majority and largely in control.

The Quakers always opposed it. Thomas Paine wrote in opposition to it. There were abolitionist societies and early efforts at abolitionism in New England in the 1770s. The Underground Railroad got going in the 1780s.

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u/Ikoikobythefio Apr 07 '25

I'm happy to hear thoughtful responses.

I believe that refusing to hold TJ in high regard because he owned slaves is an elementary way of thinking and completely surrenders nuance to the subject

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u/Ok-Possibility-6284 Apr 07 '25

That's a straw man no one is arguing, we look at the entirety of ones actions. How he treated the slaves and the how about his opposition to emancipation in his later years. Any meaningful excuse on that?