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[–] 86 points 2 years ago (11 children)

If someone gave Ben Franklin a Keffiyeh he'd wear the thing around, incorrectly, for the next year. But blah blah blah desecration

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  • [–] [S] 81 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    He seems like he'd be pulling off those Trudeau publicity stunts constantly. You may not like it but this is what a modern Ben Franklin would be like:

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  • [–] 31 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Didn't Ben Franklin learn Arabic through his own copy of the Quran, or am I thinking of a different guy?

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Think that was Jefferson. Supposedly he was big into studying religions, and I seem to remember the first Muslim in Congress being sworn in on the same Quran.

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  • [–] [S] 17 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    It was Rashida Tlaib, but I think it's an english translation of the Quran!

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