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jtuck004

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11. That's not a terrible question.The better one is why we white folk don't do more to teach how
Mon Jul 18, 2016, 07:46 PM
Jul 2016

important those contributions of others are and who made them.

He knew he could safely ask it because most people have only the vaguest idea that anything else besides white euros happened.

We are too busy teaching them the answers, instead of taking time to let them think about the culture, labor, and history.

Otherwise they might start asking these inconvenient questions again.

He does know that... Else You Are Mad Jul 2016 #1
And what about his beloved gunpowder? groundloop Jul 2016 #15
Good point. nt. Else You Are Mad Jul 2016 #17
And metalurgy and agriculture brush Jul 2016 #21
Well, for starters, there is Chinese...EVERYTHING !!!!!!! pangaia Jul 2016 #2
And in the Western World, the first people to develop writing were the people named in Cal33 Jul 2016 #49
image of king SummerSnow Jul 2016 #3
good thing you didn't need Al-gebra lapfog_1 Jul 2016 #4
He's surely benefited from algorithms and alcohol n/t arcane1 Jul 2016 #12
alcohol was found pre-sumaria..... getagrip_already Jul 2016 #23
Yep. And I'm sure his NRA friends appreciate the Chinese invention of gunpowder. arcane1 Jul 2016 #27
well, to be fair, we did discover.... getagrip_already Jul 2016 #47
He's a BIGOT through and through..................nt vkkv Jul 2016 #5
The Sumerians had running water, plumbing, and sewers several thousand years Aristus Jul 2016 #6
Is 'contribution' code for 'conquering and slaughtering' entire generations of 'sub-groups'? Rex Jul 2016 #7
tRumps hate speech is fueling this ugliness Equinox Moon Jul 2016 #8
I am afraid it is only going to get worse as we move toward November. Rex Jul 2016 #9
That's what I am afraid of too Equinox Moon Jul 2016 #10
That's not a terrible question.The better one is why we white folk don't do more to teach how jtuck004 Jul 2016 #11
Did you beigin that count with zero? displacedtexan Jul 2016 #13
He must not have paid attention in world history class UnFettered Jul 2016 #14
Poor dear doesn't know about where civilization began and sinkingfeeling Jul 2016 #16
They were in the Garden of Eden rpannier Jul 2016 #25
...or that the Mayan Indians 'invented' the numeric Joe Chi Minh Jul 2016 #42
I hope he had the decency to have his hood professionally ironed Ruby the Liberal Jul 2016 #18
Sauciers? the48er Jul 2016 #19
The "Cradle of Civilization" is Mesopotamia, not Europe. SunSeeker Jul 2016 #20
Ignorant POS Grimelle Jul 2016 #22
Just got back from china GulfCoast66 Jul 2016 #24
Actually, kidding aside, the Italians have contributed a lot Joe Chi Minh Jul 2016 #43
My post was not intended GulfCoast66 Jul 2016 #45
I knew that. But that's interesting about Chinese cuisine. Joe Chi Minh Jul 2016 #65
The modern world would not exist without Rome Drahthaardogs Jul 2016 #55
please refer back to the reason for this entire discussion GulfCoast66 Jul 2016 #66
Italians were not considered white in this country Drahthaardogs Jul 2016 #67
What exactly is a sub-group. SCVDem Jul 2016 #26
By sub-group he means sub-human SwankyXomb Jul 2016 #57
as z budapest observed about the fanatic worship of the bible, "isn't it amazing that white niyad Jul 2016 #28
"What else is there besides this cave?" Beartracks Jul 2016 #29
Perfect underpants Jul 2016 #51
does he realize he just admitted that whites are a sub-group? niyad Jul 2016 #30
LOL Grimelle Jul 2016 #31
of course!! niyad Jul 2016 #32
He forgot some large groups flyingfysh Jul 2016 #33
He is such... 3catwoman3 Jul 2016 #34
I'll bet that if you ran DNA tests on Steve King and Louis Gohmert... Frustratedlady Jul 2016 #35
Africans came up with binary math. Which is the basis of computing. applegrove Jul 2016 #36
Someone please tell the poor man there are no races. He's just like everyone. L. Coyote Jul 2016 #37
Wow Lunabell Jul 2016 #38
The stirrup, gunpowder, and the compass.... sofa king Jul 2016 #39
SMH Solly Mack Jul 2016 #40
In his head Moses looks like Charlton Heston mainer Jul 2016 #41
Hey MosheFeingold Jul 2016 #48
The traffic light. AngryAmish Jul 2016 #44
The pure unadulterated ignorance boggles the mind. Nitram Jul 2016 #46
And Yet, A Majority Of Voters In That District. . . ProfessorGAC Jul 2016 #50
As I posted last night - this is flat out pure white supremacy talk underpants Jul 2016 #52
the last white male pResident certainly didn't make any positive contribution. olddad56 Jul 2016 #53
Steve King is an idiot (n/t) PJMcK Jul 2016 #54
No, he's a bigot. apnu Jul 2016 #58
He's stupid PJMcK Jul 2016 #59
Hugs! apnu Jul 2016 #64
Isn't much of our government structure based on ideas from the Iriquos League? rurallib Jul 2016 #56
KnR Hekate Jul 2016 #60
Party of Lincoln RIP jpak Jul 2016 #61
Republicans should stop playing rock at their events then since it was invented by black people yurbud Jul 2016 #62
You mean like really, really long walls? nolabear Jul 2016 #63
His clueless summation of western civilization... AlbertCat Jul 2016 #68
Perhaps the voters who voted for King will be so filled with maybe disgust, they'll make a better downeastdaniel Jul 2016 #69
Ask him: "What are these? 1, 2 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 . . . " The Stranger Jul 2016 #70
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