On a skim of the article I didn't see mentioned: he once briefly kidnapped the young son of a slave owner to prove a point about stealing people from their parents. Also he was a pretty decent early feminist. Also he refused to ride horses because they were treated cruelly. And he also didn't eat meat! Dude would've fit in pretty well around here probably.

If anyone wants more cool Quaker content: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Universal_Friend

[–] Blockocheese@hexbear.net 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

People here would call him an adventurist and say he wasn't doing enough like they did Aaron Bushnell

[–] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 4 points 3 months ago

Bushnell was an adventurist, though

[–] Egon@hexbear.net 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

Quakers seem to have a pretty decent hit rate when it comes to producing decent people.

I love the PUF! I've always wondered wether the slur "poof" came from the PUF. I know that's an odd thing to bring up, but how often do you get to talk about them?

[–] Palacegalleryratio@hexbear.net 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They also had a pretty high hit rate of being the most exploitative and mean factory owners in England which Marx is quite delighted to point out the hypocrisy of. Remember your religion and your professed values don’t make you a good or bad person, your actions do.

[–] Egon@hexbear.net 3 points 3 months ago

Ah damn. Christopher Walken was very cool as a Quaker in 7 psychopaths though

[–] tripartitegraph@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago

Richard Nixon being a Quaker is always a fun fact

[–] Dingus_Khan@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago

I've always wondered wether the slur "poof" came from the PUF

I really doubt it, but I'm definitely going to start asserting this lol