General Chit-Chat Thread: A New Beginning

[Bobby Barrows]

He prophetically said "I won't be with you when we make it"

 

[Canadian Dragon]

He also had one of the greatest American speeches the night before he was murdered.

funny how it's always people fighting for rights and freedoms that are actually murdered but the crazy psychos never seem to stay down when shot

 

[Chris]

I'm pretty awesome

you thought you could slip this in like we wouldn't notice?

 

[Bobby Barrows]

in some cases the owners did treat them extremely well and as part of the family, I don't really think anyone can deny that. Anyone arguing those cases were the norm or make it okay are probably the dumbest people you'll meet tho

Also don't forget the shit talking point "Well who sold them to Europeans in the first place!"

 

[Chris]

Also don't forget the shit talking point "Well who sold them to Europeans in the first place!"

1600s "black on black crime" argument lol

 

[Canadian Dragon]

1600s "black on black crime" argument lol

whataboutism never dies

 

[Chris]

I always compare it to not being able to walk and chew gum at the same time

 

[Chris]

They don't understand how two things can be wrong, you can say the Africans that sold people into slavery were evil and the white people that bought them were also evil but they think if you only mention one then you MUST think the others are good

 

[Bobby Barrows]

The way I see it people who make that argument can't comprehend the idea that if one views American Slavery as evil, they might just consider *all* slavery is evil.

 

[Chris]

Or if you speak up on one thing that's important to you, all of a sudden you better speak up on every problem imaginable or people will say you don't care about it

 

[Bobby Barrows]

Or if you speak up on one thing that's important to you, all of a sudden you better speak up on every problem imaginable or people will say you don't care about it

Sounds like someone I know...

 

[Chris]

Black athletes: "racism is wrong we have to do something about this" white people: "okay but what about starving children" this was all of 2015-2020

 

[Canadian Dragon]

Or if you speak up on one thing that's important to you, all of a sudden you better speak up on every problem imaginable or people will say you don't care about it

this shit pisses me off so fucking much - like i have to be some ultimate puritan and speak up on every miniscule bad thing i nthe world and protest just so I get the right to say murdering ppl maybe is bad

 

[Canadian Dragon]

Black athletes: "racism is wrong we have to do something about this" white people: "okay but what about starving children" this was all of 2015-2020

racism is wrong "

 

[Canadian Dragon]

"YA WELL THIS IS A FOOTBALL GAME HOW BOUT YOU RESPECT OUR TROOPS"