• jerkface@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    What are you talking about? The world sees the USA’s exploitation of slaves as being HUGELY beneficial to their development. That’s not anyone’s problem with it?

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        Yeah, we should stop shoving history in kids’ faces at school!

        Also, stop shoving the English language, science and math in their faces!

        If they aren’t learning how to mine ore, what is even the point of school, am I right?

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            Weird how everyone here seemed to think otherwise.

            Also weird how you deleted the comment if that’s not what you meant.

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              It’s called mob mentality, and is well known. And I don’t want to keep pointlessly dealing with judgy people who seek not to understand but only to damn, but sure I deleted it because I was so super racist and against education that I couldn’t help myself but I am also so cowardly that once people push back against my horrible views I cave immediately.

              Excellent logic.

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                Speaking of logic, who is putting a gun to your head and forcing you to “pointlessly deal” with “judgy people” who respond to your posts?

                What has happened to your agency that would allow you to not respond to such posts if you so wished?

                Is this a cry for help? Should we be contacting the authorities to resolve this hostage situation?

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                  If you took a moment off from being condescending you might understand I meant I don’t want my inbox flooded with shit that makes zero sense for me to read or respond to

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                    that makes zero sense for me to read or respond to

                    Again, are you being forced to either read or respond? I can call the FBI any time you like.

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        Seems like a non sequitur given the context was someone trying to deny that the USA benefited from slavery. If that is not the time, then when the fuck is?? Excuse my snark.

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          What a bizarre accusation to make. Lemmy is absolutely shit if this is what happens here. Next time just say you don’t understand and only want to judge. Jesus Christ, dude.

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      OK anyone that matters. Want to believe slavery is a good thing at alll? You don’t matter

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        You’re missing the point. Some modern Americans continue to benefit from historical slavery. Saying, “No one benefits from slavery,” is an attempt to deny that and avoid the moral responsibility that comes with those benefits.

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          The point is you are justifying slavery. You can scream its “virtues” all you want. Until that mindset disappears, and even if it disappears, I’m not changing my stance on it.

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            I’m not. I condemn slavery. Like holy shit, can you not assume that much?

            The problem with slavery isn’t that slavers don’t benefit! How can you sit there and say that slavers don’t benefit from the transaction? Why, then, would they do it?? Just to be dicks??

            You’re taking an ideological stance that you don’t fully understand and not considering what you are actually saying. The fact that people benefit from it doesn’t JUSTIFY it. Nothing can justify treating an intelligent creature as property. But that doesn’t mean someone didn’t make bank from it. That doesn’t mean that people alive today are not still benefiting from the tragedies of the past.