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It makes them uncomfortable to talk about it. Or acknowledge it’s lingering effects. It’s much more uncomfortable for the people suffering the lingering effects. But that’s not what’s important./s

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It doesn’t make them uncomfortable. They just don’t want people to know that they’re still doing it.

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Well that is why it makes them uncomfortable. People knowing what they’re doing:-)

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Still doing it / going to significantly ramp it up. Think those immigrants are ever getting out of the camps? Nah, they’ll just be free labor now. As will plenty of Americans.

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Didn’t you hear? The past was always better, and Now is always the low ebb in the decline of our civilization until we return to the values that made yesterday great.

If the past is somehow to blame for the problems of today, that might mean there was something wrong with the past. If that’s the case, then maybe other things from the past have problems, including things that I like or benefit me personally, or that changing would imply a lot of big scary changes that I’m not ready for.

That’s why attempts to talk about little mistakes from the past like chattel slavery, indigenous genocide, phillipino genocide or endemic discrimination and institutionalized racism are just attempts by bad people to tear down perfection and keep us from returning to a simpler, better time where those mistakes never happened.

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This doesn’t have to be controversial, just read the confederate state’s declarations of succession. The cause of the civil war isn’t open for interpretation. The people who succeeded litterally wrote down and formally publicized their reasons.

none but the black race can bear exposure to the tropical sun. These products have become necessities of the world, and a blow at slavery is a blow at commerce and civilization

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/primary-sources/declaration-causes-seceding-states

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Don’t forget the part where if you joined the Confederacy you signed:

"No bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in Negro slaves shall be passed.”

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Yeah that’s your first mistake. You assume magas read. They don’t. Then you assume they care about facts. Big mistake, buddy. They don’t!

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and a blow at slavery is a blow at civilization

Oh fuck if I had three wishes one of them would be to get a hatchet and get into a ring with whatever fucktard wrote that.

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Go read what the other states wrote. There’s more fun in there!

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I’m already angry enough at humanity.

I’m genuinely ready to go to the street and burn shit down and I don’t even live in the states. (I’ve got some of my own problems where I live as well.)

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Why a hatchet? Why not them just hogtied and you with a loaded 12ga shotgun? Pump-action and with magnum slugs!

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I like to get in there.

A firearm is so… impersonal.

edit tldr haptic feedback

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Yeah, but have you considered that both sides bad?

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This is business as usual, I was told, nothing would change, us shitlibs were just scaremongering about Trump.

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Sure. But one side is SIGNIFICANTLY worse than the other

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One side is open about their racism and sexism, the other side hides it. Which is worse to you?

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Damn, they are so good hiding that they actually enqct policies to counteract their own racism and sexism.

Clearly they must be worse, because they want to take abortion rights away by granting them to women.

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Don’t see the left making political ads talking about the blood of the country. We all know who they’re talking about when they mention pure blood.

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I can’t believe the US is about to let illiberal “Christo” tyrants win without a fight. Should do as Jon Stewart said, play on their level and just don’t confirm the votes.

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Trump doesn’t qualify for president, per the 14th amendment. I’m kind of pissed that the fucking constitution is being treated as novel law and not the foundation for our laws.

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But that is in an amendment so it only has to be followed 3/5ths of the way.

I’m actually really surprised we didn’t have a new lawsuit about his ability to take the oath of office. Not that it will actually matter but these Trump sycophants should have to state publication they don’t care what the law says.

No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability.

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https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-61084161

None of that has been tried in a court since the supreme Court ruling. And insurrection isn’t even one of the charges in the indictment.

We can’t have a lawsuit about that till a ruling is handed down saying he did any of those things

Which the Republicans knew, so they just had to delay until he won again and can pardon/dismiss/fire Jack smith/etc

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Which also shows the danger of the already eroding democracy…

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This is just the tip Americans, he’s about to give you all 4"

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That’s giving him twice the credit Stormy did

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