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Originally Posted by Elephant Walk
I'm not sure anything I wrote says anything to that effect.
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It didn't. But, you do dislike the difference between "it's" and "its."
As for what you said, I disagree with people's (usually white people's) need to quantify and compare everything. Slavery can stand alone without being compared to anything. It was a shitty practice regardless of the fact that slavery existed outside of North America and whether or not conditions were as horrendous as reported. It (both ideologically and economically) served as the foundation for the racist ideologies and practices that still have a hold on societies (N.America and others).
I liken this discussion to that of the Holocaust. Sure, there are people here and there who will claim that it wasn't all it was cracked up to be and that the conditions of the Jews paled in comparison to that of (insert bullshit comparison). Jews, in general, are quick to put a foot up your ass if you EVER try to lessen the horrendousness of this experience and act as though they, as a group, have no reason to be outraged.
With all of that said, still fuck Lincoln and the horse he rode in on--and I'm not offended by the Confederate Flag ITSELF.
ETA: Oh yeah, fuck Frederick Douglass with his posthumously inducted Alpha Phi Alpha ass.
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