Things done changed on this side

you think John Brown is cool? Well, one time during Bleeding Kansas, in retaliation for some slavers killing some abolitionists, John Brown and his crew pulled up to the slaver’s house, dragged the offenders out of their homes, and hacked them to pieces with swords.

Still think he’s cool now?

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My take: The difference is this is a statement from freed black man and former slave basically saying a white guy was cooler than them, so redditors like it.

Without knowing anything else, he sounds like a great fellow.