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What upper class tripe. The only freedom sons of Athenian slaves had was to die in the Athenian silver mines. >Shafts were driven down into the ground and gall
by buzzkillington 7y ago
What upper class tripe. The only freedom sons of Athenian slaves had was to die in the Athenian silver mines.
>Shafts were driven down into the ground and galleries opened where slaves, chained, naked, and branded, worked the seams illuminated only by guttering oil lamps. An unrecorded number were children. It was a miserable, dangerous, and brief life. [0]
It is always the most comfortable that consume the most vivid persecution porn. Feminists seem to have been doing this for a century longer than the The Handmaid's Tale, which was my introduction to that brand of mental illness.
[0] The Rise of Athens: The Story of the World’s Greatest Civilisation
- ncko 7y agoI don't think that part is meant to be taken literally.
- nathanvanfleet 7y agoWhat about Christians? They seem to like persecution porn.
- buzzkillington 7y agoAlong with muslims, billionaires, homosexuals, communists, jews, vegans, nazis and libertarians. Pretty much the only people who are persecuted in the west are whistle blowers, zoophiles and pedophiles.
- staticautomatic 7y agoAnd atheists.
- whatsmyusername 7y agoAnd many of the people on that list, but because it's not as out in the open they can easily ignore it.
- dabraham1248 7y agoUmm, are you trying to get someone to break Godwin's law? Because I think that might mean that you're the one breaking it...
- mmmrk 7y agoPersecution can take more forms than law enforcement. Maybe one day you'll come around to the idea that feminist ideas are valid without feminists being put into jail.
- whatsmyusername 7y agoCan I introduce you to the concept of the 'rhetorical flourish?'