GOP presidential candidate draws renewed criticism after suggesting slavery helped African Americans develop skills such as being a blacksmith

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    • @killernova
      24•2 years ago

      Sooo… they did benefit from slavery, and also didn’t benefit from slavery? He said both things in the same breath…

      Obviously slavery is purely wrong.

      • Billiam
        11•2 years ago

        Doublethink is a requirement to be a Fox News host.

    • @[email protected]
      14•2 years ago

      I guess there’s a Tucker Carlson sized hole of hatred that the other anchors are clamoring to fill

    • ed_cock
      5•2 years ago

      Funny, that’s actually the argument most often heard in Germany when people want to bring back mandatory military/civil service. Yes, it’s slavery, but it’ll teach you stuff!

      • Flying Squid
        4•2 years ago

        We also are approaching the point where we will have ‘novel-writing machines.’ Except ours will also make movies.

    • @[email protected]
      4•2 years ago

      The word benefit and slavery should only be used together when talking about slaveowners and the 1700s-1800s US economy.

    • @Pandantic
      3•2 years ago

      Yeah, like cooking the parts of animals their slavers threw out. How beneficial!