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2. Tom Cotton said "our founding fathers viewed it as a necessary evil"

Thu Apr 29, 2021, 01:38 PM

Apr 2021

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/tom-cotton-comes-under-fire-comments-slavery-n1234992

What seems to be missing is the fact that slavery was NEVER necessary, and there is nothing good about it

This is how some try to rewrite history. Confederate flag, confederate statues, etc.

It is a way of trying to legitimize something immoral

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"There's no good to slavery"..... [View all] brooklynite Apr 2021 OP

He's almost as bright as these guys: ret5hd Apr 2021 #1