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I'm not making any excuses, Taxi. I am simply stating the facts about the actual history involved. I'm sure you would agree that not liking a fact doesn't make it any less of a fact. Blacks in Africa started the slave trade there... not white people. And they profited handsomely from it, which is why they jacked up the entire operation during the mid-1700's. And it is also true that on ALL sides of that situation back then, most people felt that human slavery was indeed acceptable.
It must seem abhorrent to you and me, living here in the 21st century. But how do you know what your feelings would be, if we were living way back in the year 1749..? Hell... you might even own a few slaves of your own. | ||
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The most ridiculous part of your statement is that "Most people felt that human slavery was indeed acceptable". That was the people on top, the slavers. For example If a majority of Haitians thought that slavery was indeed acceptable in the 1790s then they wouldnt have led the first successful slave revolt culminating in the independence of a country. The native americans who drowned themselves at sea when given the choice of being slaves or dying didnt "indeed think that slavery was acceptable". | |||
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Also I would never touch a white girl who fucked a black guy. | |||
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But if she fucked a black dude in order to piss off daddy or fling the act as a badge of honor to "stick it to ____" in some sort of arrogant and self-inclusive way. I totally wouldn't cause bitch is probably riddled with self esteem and father issues that would manifest and surface later in life in the form of homicide. | |||
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The founders were pretty divided. In the 18th century (1700s) Slavery was a heated topic that threatened to end the Revolution before it started. There was progress thought, the Atlantic slave trade was outlawed in 1808. Most Northern states passed emancipation, and there were free blacks in the north until the second Fugitive Slave act of 1850 made it moot. Most European nations by the start of the 19th century already outlawed slavery. You can see the roots of the compromises of the 19th century and the Civil war in the controversy over slavery. Most history books down play the Whig party being unwilling to take on slavery before the Civil war, and that the Democratic Party of the 19th century was the political promoter of slavery. The Republican Party was formed by the Whigs who were abolitionists. So my feelings would be no different, all men are created equal, and endowed by God with their rights; I would have a lot of company in the US and most of Europe.
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You know what used to acceptable that wish would come back? Cutting the heads off the filthy rich when they grind their foot on the necks of the poor just a little too much. It always changes things. Sometimes for the best, sometimes for the worse. Witness the French Revolution, the American Revolution, and the Bolshevik Revolution. A couple of dead billionaires would get the point across. | |||
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