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When you replace
"Owned slaves" with
"Was an active and willing participant in a vast conspiracy to kidnap children from their families in order to force them into industrial and sexual servitude"
It becomes harder to write slave owning off as just a blot on one's record.
"Owned slaves" with
"Was an active and willing participant in a vast conspiracy to kidnap children from their families in order to force them into industrial and sexual servitude"
It becomes harder to write slave owning off as just a blot on one's record.
For instance:
George Washington was our first President and was an active and willing participant in a vast conspiracy to kidnap children from their families in order to force them into industrial and sexual servitude
George Washington was our first President and was an active and willing participant in a vast conspiracy to kidnap children from their families in order to force them into industrial and sexual servitude
Or Thomas Jefferson was a revolutionary thinker with bold ideas about liberty and also was an active and willing participant in a vast conspiracy to kidnap children from their families in order to force them into industrial and sexual servitude
Or Francis Scott Key wrote our national anthem and holds a place of honor in American society despite the fact that he was an active and willing participant in a vast conspiracy to kidnap children from their families in order to force them into industrial and sexual servitude
Benjamin Franklin was a genius founding father which is why we don't mind that he was an active and willing participant in a vast conspiracy to kidnap children from their families in order to force them into industrial and sexual servitude
John Hancock was...
James Madison was...
Van Buren...
Andrew Johnson...
....was an active and willing participant in a vast conspiracy to kidnap children from their families in order to force them into industrial and sexual servitude
James Madison was...
Van Buren...
Andrew Johnson...
....was an active and willing participant in a vast conspiracy to kidnap children from their families in order to force them into industrial and sexual servitude
America treats slavery like an oopsie rather than a centuries-long campaign of nightmarish, brutal terrorism.
America sees the systemic and sadistic destruction of Black families as an etiquette violation.
Which is why it will excuse slave owners so readily.
America sees the systemic and sadistic destruction of Black families as an etiquette violation.
Which is why it will excuse slave owners so readily.
While White America treats the legacy of slavery like an embarrassing social faux pas, Black America has experienced over 140,000 nights of The Purge.
Where whatever horrors are unleashed on us are with the full consent of government and society.
Where whatever horrors are unleashed on us are with the full consent of government and society.
When you realize that the statement:
"The vast wealth of America is built upon the profits of a vast conspiracy to kidnap children from their families in order to force them into industrial and sexual servitude"
Is true...
A flaming Wendy's is a little easier to comprehend.
"The vast wealth of America is built upon the profits of a vast conspiracy to kidnap children from their families in order to force them into industrial and sexual servitude"
Is true...
A flaming Wendy's is a little easier to comprehend.
After all this
When you realize that in reality, the truth is that White America was an active and willing participant in a vast conspiracy to kidnap SPECIFICALLY BLACK children from their families in order to force them into industrial and sexual servitude...
You get the rage
When you realize that in reality, the truth is that White America was an active and willing participant in a vast conspiracy to kidnap SPECIFICALLY BLACK children from their families in order to force them into industrial and sexual servitude...
You get the rage
