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| Alkatjo:
--- Quote from: Tactical Nuke on August 13, 2017, 02:47:19 AM ---your response was a good explanation as to why it's terrible to get excited about this after all that's happened his response was a long version of "I don't care guys look at how virtuous I am for not caring as much as you" --- End quote --- But it wasn't? Just an honest question as to why you care. There are literally better things to do than debate over a statue. I'm just being real here. |
| Magus:
--- Quote from: Count on August 13, 2017, 02:48:28 AM ---I definitely agree with that! --- End quote --- That sarcasm doesn't carry too well. Almost thought you were serious. |
| Count:
--- Quote from: Alkatjo on August 13, 2017, 02:49:34 AM ---But it wasn't? Just an honest question as to why you care. There are literally better things to do than debate over a statue. I'm just being real here. --- End quote --- This would be more relevant if people didn't literally die today over this. You're right though, I have no life now that I'm out of college lol |
| Tactical Nuke:
--- Quote from: Count on August 13, 2017, 02:48:28 AM ---I definitely agree with that! --- End quote --- --- Quote from: history.com ---Though Lincoln argued that the founding fathers’ phrase “All men are created equal” applied to blacks and whites alike, this did not mean he thought they should have the same social and political rights. His views became clear during an 1858 series of debates with his opponent in the Illinois race for U.S. Senate, Stephen Douglas, who had accused him of supporting “Bro equality.” In their fourth debate, at Charleston, Illinois, on September 18, 1858, Lincoln made his position clear. “I will say then that I am not, nor ever have been, in favor of bringing about in any way the social and political equality of the white and black races,” he began, going on to say that he opposed blacks having the right to vote, to serve on juries, to hold office and to intermarry with whites. What he did believe was that, like all men, blacks had the right to improve their condition in society and to enjoy the fruits of their labor. In this way they were equal to white men, and for this reason slavery was inherently unjust. --- End quote --- |
| PhantOS:
--- Quote from: Tactical Nuke on August 13, 2017, 02:52:26 AM --- --- End quote --- --- Quote from: PhantOS on August 13, 2017, 02:47:57 AM ---'i raped a woman but it's okay because i gave her a ride home afterwards' --- End quote --- same principle |
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