Thomas Jefferson, jeden z nejuct\u00edvan\u011bj\u0161\u00edch otc\u016f zakladatel\u016f Ameriky, je tak\u00e9 hluboce kontroverzn\u00ed postavou kv\u016fli sv\u00e9mu vlastnictv\u00ed otrok\u016f. \u010cl\u00e1nek Henryho Wiencika \u201eP\u00e1n z Monticello\u201c vrh\u00e1 nov\u00e9 sv\u011btlo na Jefferson\u016fv komplexn\u00ed vztah k otroctv\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n
Wiencek tvrd\u00ed, \u017ee Jeffersonovo p\u0159ijet\u00ed trhu s otroky nebylo pouh\u00fdm odrazem norem jeho doby, ale aktivn\u00ed volbou, kter\u00e1 formovala jeho \u017eivot a odkaz. Jeffersonovo pokrytectv\u00ed je obzvl\u00e1\u0161t\u011b zar\u00e1\u017eej\u00edc\u00ed, kdy\u017e je postaveno do kontrastu s jeho v\u00fdmluvn\u00fdmi slovy o svobod\u011b a rovnosti v Deklaraci nez\u00e1vislosti.<\/p>\n\n
Rita Stevens, online koment\u00e1torka, vyjad\u0159uje roz\u010darov\u00e1n\u00ed, kter\u00e9 mnoz\u00ed poci\u0165uj\u00ed, kdy\u017e jsou konfrontov\u00e1ni s kontrastem mezi Jeffersonov\u00fdmi ide\u00e1ly a jeho \u010diny. P\u00ed\u0161e: \u201eNyn\u00ed vid\u00edm chamtiv\u00e9ho, arogantn\u00edho, sebest\u0159edn\u00e9ho u\u017eivatele lid\u00ed.\u201c<\/p>\n\n
Albie Davis zpochyb\u0148uje, zda Monticello, Jeffersonova velk\u00e1 plant\u00e1\u017e, byla z\u00e1zrakem vynal\u00e9zavosti, nebo symbolem jeho nenasytn\u00e9ho pocitu n\u00e1roku. Dale M. Wiley poukazuje na to, \u017ee dokonce i George Washington, kter\u00fd je \u010dasto zobrazov\u00e1n jako pokrokov\u011bj\u0161\u00ed v ot\u00e1zce otroctv\u00ed ne\u017e Jefferson, vlastnil mnoho otrok\u016f, jejich\u017e svoboda byla odlo\u017eena a\u017e po jeho smrti.<\/p>\n\n
Wiencik\u016fv \u010dl\u00e1nek slou\u017e\u00ed jako v\u00fdstra\u017en\u00fd p\u0159\u00edb\u011bh o nebezpe\u010d\u00edch uct\u00edv\u00e1n\u00ed hrdin\u016f. Wiley varuje, \u017ee \u201eve sv\u00e9 snaze odhalit jeden m\u00fdtus mohl Wiencek ne\u00famysln\u011b vytvo\u0159it dal\u0161\u00ed\u201c. Tvrd\u00ed, \u017ee tendence idealizovat historick\u00e9 osobnosti n\u00e1s m\u016f\u017ee v\u00e9st k p\u0159ehl\u00ed\u017een\u00ed jejich nedostatk\u016f a rozpor\u016f.<\/p>\n\n
\u010cl\u00e1nek Ronalda Van Deusena \u201eZat\u00fdkac\u00ed osobnost\u201c n\u00e1s seznamuje s Danielem Ellsbergem, sou\u010dasn\u00fdm hrdinou, kter\u00fd zasv\u011btil sv\u016fj \u017eivot boji za m\u00edr a spravedlnost. Ellsbergovo zat\u010den\u00ed v B\u00edl\u00e9m dom\u011b v roce 2011 za nen\u00e1silnou ob\u010danskou neposlu\u0161nost je p\u0159ipom\u00ednkou d\u016fle\u017eitosti vyjad\u0159ovat se proti nespravedlnosti, i kdy\u017e to p\u0159in\u00e1\u0161\u00ed osobn\u00ed ob\u011bti.<\/p>\n\n
Ellsberg\u016fv aktivismus je zako\u0159en\u011bn v jeho zku\u0161enostech jako inform\u00e1tora b\u011bhem vietnamsk\u00e9 v\u00e1lky. Jeho zve\u0159ejn\u011bn\u00ed Pentagon Papers v roce 1971 pomohlo odhalit podvod vl\u00e1dy ohledn\u011b v\u00e1lky a p\u0159isp\u011blo k rostouc\u00edmu protiv\u00e1le\u010dn\u00e9mu hnut\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n
Ellsberg\u016fv p\u0159\u00edb\u011bh je d\u016fkazem s\u00edly jednotlivc\u016f zm\u011bnit sv\u011bt, a to i tv\u00e1\u0159\u00ed v tv\u00e1\u0159 protivenstv\u00ed. Jeho odkaz je odkazem odvahy, integrity a neochv\u011bjn\u00e9ho odhodl\u00e1n\u00ed pro m\u00edr.<\/p>\n\n
\u010cl\u00e1nky Wiencika a Van Deusena vyvol\u00e1vaj\u00ed d\u016fle\u017eit\u00e9 ot\u00e1zky o podstat\u011b hrdinstv\u00ed, roli otroctv\u00ed v americk\u00e9 historii a d\u016fle\u017eitosti vyjad\u0159ovat se proti nespravedlnosti. Poskytuj\u00ed tak\u00e9 cenn\u00e9 poznatky o komplexn\u00ed a \u010dasto rozporupln\u00e9 povaze lidstva.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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