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It's always good to learn more about people you idolize. From my list:
- Bobby Kennedy was not only hired by but liked Joe McCarthy.
- Jules Verne was French.
- (mods, feel free to laugh at this) Dr. MLK Jr. probably plagiarized over a third of his doctoral dissertation to Boston U.
- Sean Connery beat his wife.
- Noam Chomsky writes some of the driest books in history, despite their importance.
Ease, while it is very important not to think an idol flawless, I would hope that their flaws would be measured against their successes with careful consideration. In my opinion, Abraham Lincoln was one of the greatest people in our country's history, despite his possible political reasoning (which we're still not sure of...it's entirely possible he was waiting for the right time to free as many slaves as possible and this was it).
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