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Slavery wasn't so bad - An idiot tweet (Original Post)
packman
Jun 2020
OP
The defense will be "I was only kidding..." but the INTENT was to get agreement
Moostache
Jun 2020
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ProfessorGAC
(76,122 posts)1. Seems Like Snark
Not convinced this isn't someone trolling the Confederacy worshippers.
Wounded Bear
(63,973 posts)2. Yeah, I'm hoping this was just a bad attempt at sarcasm...
Lochloosa
(16,686 posts)4. I wouldn't bet on it.
Moostache
(11,094 posts)3. The defense will be "I was only kidding..." but the INTENT was to get agreement
That kind of 'thinking' is exactly why the most virulently racist are utterly convinced that black people need to "get over it already" and "I am the least racist person, maybe ever..."

