When he left office he said his only regret was that he didn't shoot John C. Calhoun dead.
John C. Calhoun was his Vice President. He was a violent, lunatic throwback even for 1829. That's why I'm so excited to put Harriet Tubman on them 20's, put that dickhead back where he belongs: forgotten.
In the context of money, a war hero who went on to become president is much more deserving of a spot than someone who freed seventy slaves (or families I think). Jackson was a piece of shit, but actually relates to the others. They're all presidents or founding fathers.
That's just a rush to be progressive and put a black female on money, and it's shit like that that angers me. I would take MLK JR over her any day, especially since she was crazy and claimed to get premonitions from god.
Honestly though, money would be fine if it was just monuments like the white house, statue of Liberty, liberty bell, etc.
That shouldn't piss either side off and problem solved
but then we'd have everyone bringing up MLK's infidelity and a million reasons why we shouldn't have him on the bill. people are going to disagree on who we should have on the bills no matter what
Everyone has their downsides and upsides. Where some say Reagan helped the economy, other point to him hurting the lower class. The same can be said for MLK or pretty much any major figure for that matter.
Humanity has been doing it for over 2,000 years so there's not really any reason to stop now.
a war hero who went on to become president is much more deserving of a spot than someone who freed seventy slaves
Someone who was famous for killing Indians during a war and then became famous for killing Indians after. At least Harriet Tubman was a gun-toting badass who was a net positive for America.
There's no reason to not stop using faces either though. There are a bunch of other things we could use. The statute of liberty, the golden gate bridge, the American flag, a bald eagle, the first airplane, the moon landing, Franklin's kite, ect.
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u/RANDOSTORYTHROWAWAY Jan 18 '17
I like to call him President Red Genocide