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Originally Posted by Bill14564
One possible reason that none dare call it slavery... slavery didn't involve "figuratively smacking," slavery involved actual owning, actual beating, and actual killing.
You don't like the recent ruling and neither do I but attempting to draw an equivalence to slavery will lead to arguments that distract from the real issue.
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Yes. Of course slavery was wrong and it was hell, but we’re done with that as a country now. And, of course, it should not be forgotten. We screwed up with years of denying equal education and when we denied returning WW2 veterans the loans for houses that white veterans could easily get. (Most of us “white people” here on TOTV have done just fine with our real estate equity over decades. But Black families were left behind as real estate took off when Black vets returned from WW2 and could not get loans for homes……
I know all that unfair history. It should not be swept away, but we need to move forward now. This Juneteenth celebration should not be hurting anything. But, of course, like so many other things, it is being used as a weapon to divide us. I have no problem with this new holiday. Let it be. But I sure am creeped out by some of the remarks here……though not surprised.
Back to your criticism of me. That was a knee-jerk reaction on your part……
So? How dare I use a metaphor? Why on earth would that have been taken literally?
But this is just an example of how moderates are jumped on by extremes from both sides, when we are actually the only hope for America’s future.
Boomer
PS: Btw, I hope you will track down that
Freakonomics podcast I wrote about earlier in this thread somewhere. Even though the guy interviewed calls himself a conservative thinker, he is actually a moderate thinker — an endangered species.
Oh well, I’m done with this thread now that I have managed to pizz off both extremes, I guess my work here is done.
Such is the life of a moderate. (sigh)
Boomer