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Um, if people are sincerely making that Robert E. Lee-style 'Slavery was really a good thing for black people, honest to goodness', well all this descendant of Confederate soldiers can tell them is to go fuck themselves. Slavery was an utter, unmitigated moral abomination and anyone, and I do mean *anyone* who says it was a good thing in the 21st Century has no idea what they are talking about and should be utterly ashamed of themselves for thinking it.
That's what I think, what do you think? I almost dread how people are going to claim that saying slavery was a blessing in disguise for blacks is somehow not a racist statement and that merely invoking the dreaded word 'racist' is more offensive than the sentiment thus labeled.
Um, if people are sincerely making that Robert E. Lee-style 'Slavery was really a good thing for black people, honest to goodness', well all this descendant of Confederate soldiers can tell them is to go fuck themselves. Slavery was an utter, unmitigated moral abomination and anyone, and I do mean *anyone* who says it was a good thing in the 21st Century has no idea what they are talking about and should be utterly ashamed of themselves for thinking it.
That's what I think, what do you think? I almost dread how people are going to claim that saying slavery was a blessing in disguise for blacks is somehow not a racist statement and that merely invoking the dreaded word 'racist' is more offensive than the sentiment thus labeled.
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Date: 7/10/12 00:23 (UTC)Actually, I've seen this thing before. While going to private schools I've encountered A Beka textbooks that did a "Christian" spin on a lot of things, including history. Actually had the gall to say that slavery was beneficial to blacks because it brought them to Christ. Well gee thanks God.
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Date: 7/10/12 02:48 (UTC)Guns, germs and steel
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Date: 7/10/12 16:51 (UTC)Furthermore, both Europe and America's streets were filthy places to live in if you lived in larger cities like New York. In contrast I'd say living out in the African bush was far more sanitary.
But alas, the bias is still that the white part of the world was greater then the brown part and slavery was for the black's own good.
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Date: 7/10/12 18:08 (UTC)You notice how many of the people who say stuff like that tend to have a deep DEEP lack of knowledge
of history both of this country, and often their own political party?
I agree with you completely - he should be ashamed for saying crap like that
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Date: 7/10/12 20:12 (UTC)But of course that's reality, when it comes to ideology, mere facts wilt before it in the view of ideologues.
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Date: 8/10/12 22:08 (UTC)The sad fact is that the halls of power in the USA will always have people who believe in the original principles of a significant portion of the Founding Fathers. To wit:
"If they're White, you know they're ALL RIGHT!
If they're Brown, CHAIN 'EM DOWN!"
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Date: 9/10/12 15:59 (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 8/10/12 22:55 (UTC)http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/08/charlie-fuqua-arkansas-candidate-death-penalty-rebellious-children_n_1948490.html
Fuqua, who is anti-abortion
Oh, was I even supposed to keep reading after that part?