As if the media has been any better… Talk about the pot calling the kettle black

It’s almost like we shouldn’t be sharing this shit with unelected South African billionaires without clearance.

DARVO shit right here. And upvoted that high nonetheless.

Shit man, there are still (a lot) of people on this very site pushing this shit. Like their entire personality is based around hating the Democratic party (yet have nothing but neutral to good things to say about Trump). It’s so goddamn annoying.

No one should know any peace until

Yeah fuck off, accelerationist fuck.

To still be saying this stupid shit after witnessing the suffering that’s already being caused… Gross.

He felt so bad about creating this situation that he shot himself twice in the back of the head.

Think of it like, “equality of opportunity” vs “equality of outcome.” With equity being closer to the latter.

I mean… just pick up a WW2 history textbook then?

You should maybe ask yourself why you’re so eager to defend this.

You know what would be a great way to protect slave? Perhaps the best way? To take the (very fucking easy) step of saying “hey don’t own people.”

But instead he talked about slaves all of the time, and seemed to have no problem with them. Taken from wiki because I’m lazy:

The Bible says that Jesus healed the ill slave of a centurion[94] and restored the cut off ear of the high priest’s slave.[95] In his parables, Jesus referenced slavery: the prodigal son,[96] ten gold coins,[97] unforgiving tenant,[98] and tenant farmers.[99] Jesus also taught that he would give burdened and weary laborers rest.[100] The Passion narratives are interpreted by the Catholic Church as a fulfillment of the Suffering Servant songs in Isaiah.[101]

When questioned about the hierarchy of his followers, Jesus responds that “Whoever would be first among you must be your slave.” (Matthew 20:27).

Does not sound like the words or behavior of someone who wants to stop people from being slaves. Which is, seriously, like the lowest fucking bar on the planet.

You know what it reads like to me? A book that was written by people, of its time. And at that time, as you said, slavery was common practice. So the people who wrote it didn’t’ even consider that it should be on the table.

Hurr durr she masturbates

Not true.

The bible explicitly condones slavery. Stop saying it’s “servitude”. Buying and selling humans as property. Using them as free labor. Beating them into submission.

This is slavery. This is all explicitly condoned in the bible.

There were scores of Christians who thought slavery was great. If the bible was really the ticket into being against it then it wouldn’t have happened in the first place

And let’s be very clear, the bible was explicitly used by slaveowners to justify chattel slavery in the US. Slave bibles that had any mention of concepts like freedom removed, were distributed to slaves in order to keep them in line.

So not only does the bible explicitly condone slavery, it was itself used to great success, as a justification for chattel slavery in the US.

My only conclusion can be that an all-powerful, all-knowing god was aware of this and allowed it to happen. At the very least. And perhaps even wanted it to happen.

All it would have taken was to change one of the several “don’t worship anyone but me, guys” commandments to “don’t own other humans as property.” Problem solved.

The bible is full of “revolutionary ideas” (in the addled minds of Christians who have never read an actual book in their lives), yet “don’t own people” was just a step too far I guess.

This isn’t posturing, it’s having a direct impact on the education of children in this country. This is them creating more problems.

Am I google now?

17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law until all is accomplished. 19 Therefore whoever relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever does them and teaches them will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

Matthew 5:17-19

The words of Jesus himself.

Until 300 years ago when slavery was considered OK, the biblical law on it would still be VERY progressive.

Not true. The bible was explicitly used by plantation owners in the Southern US to justify chattel slavery, and keep their slaves in line. They printed versions of the bible with all suggestions of concepts like freedom removed.

You keep telling yourself that what’s in the bible is different than slavery, but it is not. Your book gives explicit rules on how to treat your slaves, how to punish your slaves including beating them and how much you’re allowed to beat them (make sure it’s not so bad that they can’t recover in a few days!) It gives explicit rules on how you are to treat your Jewish slaves compared to Gentile slaves. How much slaves should buy and sell for.

You’re going to lose this argument. The only out is, “actually, slavery is OK” and I’ve literally seen Christians say this in order to justify their awful book.

Also, what about bamboo

Different pesticides?

This is why we’re doomed.

Barring animals from places that sell food is not arbitrary and capricious, it’s a safety issue.