(09-20-2022, 08:52 PM)mikesez Wrote:

(09-20-2022, 08:47 PM)Lucky2Last Wrote: I like how you glossed over the original point.

What's the original point?

The ultimate point is that you shouldn't punish the group that fought with blood to abolish a system that has been in existence for all of human history. Many different tribes profited from slavery, too, and no one expects they should pay reparations. She doesn't believe those African nations should be paying, but she's pointing out the hypocrisy of those who want to focus on white colonialism. 

Every nation participated in this kind of behavior. The west were just the ones who tried to abolish it while they were in power. There is still a form or Western and American colonialism in the world, but I don't know how you correct that kind of thing except with awareness and restraint. Even as we call for American imperialism to end, it's already being supplanted by Chinese imperialism (for lack of a better word). You can't stop one without the other. 

All of this is made worse once you begin to understand that the biggest proponents of these kinds of ideologies are actively seeking global domination and are using this hiccup in history as a tool to bludgeon the prevailing system to death. Stop jumping on every emotional plea for justice, man. 

Aside from that, I agree with you that Don Lemon is an idiot, and the way he ended that segment made me laugh out loud. What a dolt.

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