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Jun 21 2022 06:50am
Btw do your guys have an LGBTQ+ day already ?
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Jun 21 2022 06:56am
Quote (MildSambal @ Jun 21 2022 06:10am)
We have agency over the content we choose to consume and we also have free will to question everything and test everything by its fruits or lack thereof.

To simply say "everyone who has a smart phone is manipulated by media" disregards the part we play and our ability to critically think about it.


You're asking a Nazi about his ability to critically think. That ship sailed long ago.
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Quote (Saucisson6000 @ 21 Jun 2022 05:37)
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/how-slavery-helped-build-a-world-economy

On the other hand it's true that chinese migrants worked very hard for rails, i think you also should have a day for this, maybe not holiday, just something like your mother's day.

Music ( jazz, beat?) would be much better than saint patrick.


LOL. The only reason you didn't grow up speaking German (assuming you'd be born in the first place) is because the United States is NOT defined by slavery.

Two world wars, the introduction of first the ARPAnet and then the http-based Internet, all the US. And the ideas for many of our greatest achievements came from immigrants from Europe, Africa, and Asia who could not gain any investment or support in their home nations.

The #1 historical note about the United States is our willingness to invest massive resources into innovation. Let's not talk about Tesla, let's not talk about any of the myriad of shit that is new. Slaves had nothing to do with it. The invention of the automobile, the airplane, the light bulb...

Slavery is neither a defining historical note, nor does it's existence in our early history have anything to do with what the US is today. It's inarguable that we would not be as advanced of a nation today if people of all colors had not participated in the innovation and creativity. But to say, "Slaves built that!" No they did not. Slaves did not build our millions of miles of roads, slaves have not maintained those roads. Slaves did not build our water treatment plants. Slaves did not build anything relating to your every day life today, unless you work at a select few old buildings, such as the White House. And even there, the architects attempted to hire only free people (regardless of color) to build, but they did not have enough workers, so they contracted to Virgina for more workers. Virgina was a slave state, they sent slaves and foremen. However, even that gives slaves too much credit. The whitehouse today is much different than the white house of then. You know... The light bulbs, central air systems, defense systems, every piece of technology, the underground bunker... Yeah, I mean, there's no need to list everything.

The US already acknowledges it's issue with the slavery of it's past. Since you're French, why don't we talk about France? Not only were the French participants in slavery, the French had a very lucrative slave trade from the 1500's going well into the 1800's. Tell me, where is France's "Sorry about Slavery" day?
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Quote (Surfpunk @ Jun 21 2022 07:56am)
You're asking a Nazi about his ability to critically think. That ship sailed long ago.


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Quote (InsaneBobb @ 21 Jun 2022 12:57)
LOL. The only reason you didn't grow up speaking German (assuming you'd be born in the first place) is because the United States is NOT defined by slavery.

Two world wars, the introduction of first the ARPAnet and then the http-based Internet, all the US. And the ideas for many of our greatest achievements came from immigrants from Europe, Africa, and Asia who could not gain any investment or support in their home nations.

The #1 historical note about the United States is our willingness to invest massive resources into innovation. Let's not talk about Tesla, let's not talk about any of the myriad of shit that is new. Slaves had nothing to do with it. The invention of the automobile, the airplane, the light bulb...

Slavery is neither a defining historical note, nor does it's existence in our early history have anything to do with what the US is today. It's inarguable that we would not be as advanced of a nation today if people of all colors had not participated in the innovation and creativity. But to say, "Slaves built that!" No they did not. Slaves did not build our millions of miles of roads, slaves have not maintained those roads. Slaves did not build our water treatment plants. Slaves did not build anything relating to your every day life today, unless you work at a select few old buildings, such as the White House. And even there, the architects attempted to hire only free people (regardless of color) to build, but they did not have enough workers, so they contracted to Virgina for more workers. Virgina was a slave state, they sent slaves and foremen. However, even that gives slaves too much credit. The whitehouse today is much different than the white house of then. You know... The light bulbs, central air systems, defense systems, every piece of technology, the underground bunker... Yeah, I mean, there's no need to list everything.

The US already acknowledges it's issue with the slavery of it's past. Since you're French, why don't we talk about France? Not only were the French participants in slavery, the French had a very lucrative slave trade from the 1500's going well into the 1800's. Tell me, where is France's "Sorry about Slavery" day?


Oh so the only reason US WW2 was because it was not defined by Slavery ? Damnit. :lol:



This post was edited by Saucisson6000 on Jun 21 2022 07:04am
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Quote (Saucisson6000 @ 21 Jun 2022 06:03)
Oh so the only reason US WW2 was because it was not defined by Slavery ? Damnit. :lol:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfvXXvx_zVg


Why dodge France's active participation for several hundred years in the slave trade? Why dodge the fact that France itself was practicing slavery well into the 1800's?

Is it so inconvenient to your worldview that you'd rather.... Surrender... The point than have a real discussion about it?
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Quote (InsaneBobb @ Jun 22 2022 01:07am)
Why dodge France's active participation for several hundred years in the slave trade? Why dodge the fact that France itself was practicing slavery well into the 1800's?

Is it so inconvenient to your worldview that you'd rather.... Surrender... The point than have a real discussion about it?


She is a dodging Nancy boy. That French girl thinks she is always right her mommy told her a princess one day she will be. Too bad a sweaty neckbeard with major cognitive dissonance only has interest to echo chamber leftist propaganda.

There is no reasoning or convincing arguments it's only ignores your facts, argument and just starts spouting yea but your side is bad..
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