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Glenn Beck: "slavery started small and it started with seemingly innocent ideas." He doesn't say what they were, though. -- (link)

Posted by mara Oct 5 '10, 17:15

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Apparently he thinks slavery would have been just fine if the government hadn't interfered. (scienceblogs.com)

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"It was supposed to be a cotton picking overseas internship program. They gained valuable work experience!" - ralph wiggum Oct 5, 17:32 1
- then: anchor babies by the thousand. -- nm - mafic Oct 5, 18:16
He probably started the fire down in Tennessee -- nm - amoxy (4-0 in Cavemen) Oct 5, 17:30
I think he read the second paragraph of this and thought that was, like, it or something. nm but: -- (link) - b. Oct 5, 17:29 1
- Interesting. Those statements aren't well sourced. -- nm - mara Oct 5, 17:31
We did them a favor by providing free passage to the Greatest Country in the History of the World and now they're trying to ruin it. -- nm - Max Oct 5, 17:22
rampant unemployment in Africa? -- nm - Beaker Oct 5, 17:19 1
- Well, in that quote, Africa has nothing to do with it. - the liioulu with jars of stuff Oct 5, 17:20
wait...what?? -- nm - znufrii Oct 5, 17:18
He thinks government made it bad. -- nm - the liioulu with jars of stuff Oct 5, 17:17 4
- I know. I'm wondering what the innocent ideas *were*. Kidnapping Africans? Ownership of human beings? Forced labor? -- nm - mara Oct 5, 17:20 3
  - "if only we could somehow find cheaper labour, and solve the overpopulation problem on a distant continent." -- nm - mafic Oct 5, 18:15
  - my guess would be some sort of "White Man's Burden". -- nm - Reagen Oct 5, 17:23
  - Cheap immigrant labor? -- nm - the liioulu with jars of stuff Oct 5, 17:21
That's... impressively ignorant. -- nm - FoxtoFail Oct 5, 17:17 5
- I don't think it's ignorance. I think it's spin. Propaganda. -- nm - mara Oct 5, 17:18 4
  - In that, he knows what he's saying is ignorant, and doesn't care? Hence spin? - FoxtoFail Oct 5, 17:24 3
    - Yes, I believe that he knows he's saying things that are inaccurate, but he feels it's justified. -- nm - mara Oct 5, 17:27 2
      - I think he's secretly an absurdist. he's seeing how ridiculous he can get before he loses his base. -- nm - mafic Oct 5, 18:19
      - Fair enough. -- nm - FoxtoFail Oct 5, 17:29
Buncha sellouts. It used to be about the slave taking! -- nm - Reagen Oct 5, 17:16

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