Whiskey Pickle@lemmy.ml to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoKids' Cartoon From Conservative University Claims That Slavery Was 'No Big Deal'www.comicsands.comexternal-linkmessage-square136fedilinkarrow-up1649cross-posted to: politics@beehaw.org
arrow-up1649external-linkKids' Cartoon From Conservative University Claims That Slavery Was 'No Big Deal'www.comicsands.comWhiskey Pickle@lemmy.ml to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square136fedilinkcross-posted to: politics@beehaw.org
minus-squaredmention7@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoWhy may it have been considered “no big deal” at the time? Because the people who thought that way believed that the people being enslaved were literally sub-human. So the question is still why is it relevant in any context whether slavery was considered acceptable at the time?
minus-squareLemmyBemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoSlavery is still rampant worldwide and is involved in the production of many goods that end up on us soil. How do you feel about your smart phone and cheap gadgets?
minus-squaredmention7@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIs that seriously supposed to be some kind of “gotcha”? Does that mean you believe slavery is morally justified, or did you type out that post from your typewriter? Gottem
Why may it have been considered “no big deal” at the time?
Because the people who thought that way believed that the people being enslaved were literally sub-human.
So the question is still why is it relevant in any context whether slavery was considered acceptable at the time?
Slavery is still rampant worldwide and is involved in the production of many goods that end up on us soil. How do you feel about your smart phone and cheap gadgets?
Is that seriously supposed to be some kind of “gotcha”?
Does that mean you believe slavery is morally justified, or did you type out that post from your typewriter? Gottem