Hindutva provides a counter-example to the idea that Hindus are always tolerant. Why do you think there's so much tension betwee
n Hindus and Muslims in India? What, if anything, could be done to help these two communities live more harmoniously together? Do you see any parallels between Hindu nationalists and Christian nationalists in the U.S. who insist that the U.S. is a Christian nation and non-Christians aren't real Americans?
To the North slavery was morally wrong & cruel. But, also with the South pushing the expansion of slavery, the North felt as if it was taking more jobs away from the whites. Only about 25% of people owned slaves by 1860.
