[PurpleMan]

John Brown did not end slavery, he sure as hell started the war that ended it.

And he belongs in Hell?

I’m so confused

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

And he belongs in Hell?

He was a terrorist and a cold-blooded murderer, no better than Mohammed Atta.

[Oztrich Boy]

Just a guy who lived in the Barryo neighborhood

[Arkinsaw]

John Brown did not end slavery, he sure as hell started the war that ended it.

And he belongs in Hell?

I’m so confused

There were many who opposed slavery that didn't resort to massacres, fanaticism, murder, and starting wars that killed 600,000 people.

Who knows whether those others would have ended slavery without those costs. I will leave it up to the boss to decide whether those costs deserve hell....but I can make a determination about whether a celebratory remembrance is deserved. It is not.

If celebratory remembrance is desired, there are other more worthy anti-slavery advocates for it.

[Arkinsaw]

I would posit this type of individual who is more worthy of remembrance. Christian Fleetwood He didn't trigger the horror, he just did his duty in the midst of it.

[neocon1984]

Bad people sometimes do things that lead to good results and vice versa.

A political solution may have been possible had John Brown not inflamed passions. Eventually slavery was going to end and the South’s economy would have to adapt. However, many in the South felt that they were under unjustified attack and decided to fight back. IMO, right principle, wrong application/set of circumstances.

[TexConfederate1861]

“I’m so confused”

Don’t be. His opposition to slavery is not the issue here.
He took the law into his own hands, and massacred people.
He was a bloody murderer. Hanging was an easy death.