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> By your argument a content slave owner could by proud of his thriving cotton economy, and justifiably believe his political support for this system should hav
by malvosenior 8y ago
> By your argument a content slave owner could by proud of his thriving cotton economy, and justifiably believe his political support for this system should have no consequences.
This is the strawman. I said nothing about slave owners. I'm talking about your average, middle class citizen (since that's who's being accused of taking a political stance through inaction).
> If you know you're supporting people that actively try to suppress the rights of your fellow citizens, how can you complain when you are judged for it?
I and many other people don't "know" that we're supporting people who actively suppress rights. In fact I'll say that I definitely do not.
- angry_octet 8y agoWere those in the slave economy not regular citizens? Did they not elect slave owners to represent them? Help catch runaway slaves? And do white people today still support the mass incarceration of black people? White people have mj prescriptions and black people serve time for selling dime bags. Generations of men are unemployable because of petty crime convictions that were ramped up to be major felonies by 'law and order' Republicans. Police policies specifically targeting black neighbourhoods with zero tolerance arrest strategies. HOW CAN YOU NOT KNOW THIS
- sctb 8y agoCould you please post civil bytes instead of angry ones? This muddled back-and-forth is in need of charity. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html