patriotic thread
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Try harder.
I don’t know about any of the details other than that he was a slave owner. The idea of it being rape may or may not be accurate. Does anybody really know what happened?
Back in the 1700s, even if you were against slavery, you probably would have been able to get your head around it.
The fact that you can’t get it now, is a good thing. It means that society is evolving. There’s still a long way to go, and we shouldn’t just accept the things that are still wrong, but at least there’s progress.
The fact that you can’t get it now, is a good thing. It means that society is evolving. There’s still a long way to go, and we shouldn’t just accept the things that are still wrong, but at least there’s progress.
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Sherbert is NOT and NEVER WILL BE ice cream.
Back in the 1700s the thinking at the time did not qualify negro's as human. The thinking was wrong but they honestly believed that negros were not at the same level as the civilized white man. The British/American/Canadian also had the same opinion of the "savages" who lived in North America when they got there. As a side note, Indians also had slaves (other tribes who had been captured). Slavery is not a uniquely American/British or white thing. Just the most well known.
I hope nobody's implying that slavery is an American thing. They had slaves in Europe. And if you've seen The Ten Commandments, the Jews were enslaved by the Egyptians in like 2000 BC. I'm sure there's slavery today in some parts of the world. We didn't invent the idea.
Absolutely. But unfortunately back then people didn't take a stand against it.
Exactly. Back in Egyptian and Roman times, if you lost a battle, you got taken as a slave. It didn't matter what color your skin was. You lost. Get your ass to work.
Very uncool.
Fortunately, it's much much harder these days.
So Egyptian and Greek buildings were built with slave labor. Very uncool.
The Greeks were considered the founders of democracy......
So when we built our monuments and many government buildings, they designed them to look like Greek buildings and temples.
What do you think about the Lincoln Memorial? The guy who freed the slaves, has a monument that pretty much represents the accomplishments of slave labor.......
That's how it worked?
No wonder the Romans were so good. Rather die than be some slave.
With all this talk of American founders raping slaves and Canadian founders ripping kids from their homes, this is quickly becoming the 'unpatriotic thread'.
Or the 'tractor rape' thread. At this point, the conversation could go either way.
Or the 'tractor rape' thread. At this point, the conversation could go either way.
It should be renamed the American Apologist thread.
They had a saying that was something like "Come back (from battle) with your shield, or on it." If you came back with it, you won, if you were on it, it meant that you died, and they dragged your bodie back on it. Anything else meant disgrace.
Live by his example and do something about the injustices you see in America. Just be sure to pick a more appropriate style for your monument, and skip the theater.
I'm nearly positive he had kids with her.
I went to Virginia as a kid and saw his estate...and the slave quarters. That was a bummer.
Sally Hemings...she's super famous...Jefferson's slave that he was all into.
Kinda funny I know Sally but I have no idea what Mrs. Jefferson's name was.
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Comedian Kathleen Madigan is also not a fan of Lee Greenwood's "God Bless The USA" (aka "Proud To Be An American").
She's talking about the "strip" in Branson Missouri where (apparently) some famous musicians have their own theaters?
Listen for about 1 minute:
I'm back to watching Saving Private Ryan...
This reaffirms that I'm a giant pussy. These guys literally saved my dad's life. Real men.
I'm pretty sure I'd be shot dead the minute I hit the beach or encountered any sort of German.
Like even movies about this stuff moves me...Imagine really living it.
Truman is the sole reason I exist today.
This reaffirms that I'm a giant pussy. These guys literally saved my dad's life. Real men.
I'm pretty sure I'd be shot dead the minute I hit the beach or encountered any sort of German.
Like even movies about this stuff moves me...Imagine really living it.
Truman is the sole reason I exist today.
I always watch the SOTU. I don't care if it's a President I support or not giving it, I like making a point to watch it. I mean, I support the country either way and like to hear what the current leader has to say.
With this one I can't help but think they should have an NFL crew producing it. Those guys are really good at getting stats up on the screen real quick. I'm watching it on ABC and they keep cutting to various senators and reps and half the time they don't get their name on the screen before they cut away. I mean I know all the big players but the randos they cut to I could use the little title card identifying them.
With this one I can't help but think they should have an NFL crew producing it. Those guys are really good at getting stats up on the screen real quick. I'm watching it on ABC and they keep cutting to various senators and reps and half the time they don't get their name on the screen before they cut away. I mean I know all the big players but the randos they cut to I could use the little title card identifying them.
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