Whiskey Pickle@lemmy.ml to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoKids' Cartoon From Conservative University Claims That Slavery Was 'No Big Deal'www.comicsands.comexternal-linkmessage-square194fedilinkarrow-up1809arrow-down133cross-posted to: politics@beehaw.orgpolitics@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1776arrow-down1external-linkKids' Cartoon From Conservative University Claims That Slavery Was 'No Big Deal'www.comicsands.comWhiskey Pickle@lemmy.ml to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square194fedilinkcross-posted to: politics@beehaw.orgpolitics@lemmy.ml
minus-squareAlwaysNowNeverNotMe@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up15·11 months agoNo lol there were abolitionists before Columbus’s voyage. People have always been capable of grasping how evil it is. They intentionally chose to ignore that aspect of their perception to maximize their profits.
minus-squarediprount_tomato@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoWell, didn’t the clergy with a medieval mindset actually fight for natives’ rights? Think of Bartolomé de las Casas
No lol there were abolitionists before Columbus’s voyage. People have always been capable of grasping how evil it is. They intentionally chose to ignore that aspect of their perception to maximize their profits.
Well, didn’t the clergy with a medieval mindset actually fight for natives’ rights? Think of Bartolomé de las Casas