Civility
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I don't think people should be judged for the actions of their parents.
I'm not proud of all of my grandparents. My dad's father was a violent alcoholic who beat my dad, his mother, and his siblings almost to death several times. My dad's the gentlest man I know. I've never heard him raise his voice in anger. Not all his siblings are good people. Not all of my cousins are good people. Some of them have substance abuse issues. I don't think I or any of them deserve to be called that man's spawn.
Do you?
I'm very happy to judge Louis Mosley on the basis of his own actions. I think it's fair to point out who his grandfather was and what effect that may have had on both his politics and his ability to get in a position to do more vile things. Calling him Oswald Mosley's spawn only hurts the dozens of other children and grandchildren of Oswald Mosley who didn't turn out to be vile fascists., and more broadly, anyone else who has a parent or grandparent they wish they didn't. Please don't.
Oswald Mosley's spawn
I don't think this is fair Awoo. People don't get to choose their parents or grandparents. Leader of the British Union of Fascists was never a hereditary position.
Louis Mosley's turned out to be shithead, and who his grandfather was may have played a part in that, but Oswald Mosley had five children.
All three of his sons repudiated him politically. One fought in an infantry brigade against the fascists in the liberation of Italy. One of his other grandsons helped build Linux. It's not fair to tar all of Oswald Mosley's children's children all with the brush of one of their worst grandparent's sins.
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