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

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  • @MicroWaveOP
    37•1 year ago

    Unbelievable

    Some on the right defended DeSantis, including Fox News host Jesse Watters.

    “No one is arguing slaves benefited from slavery,” Watters said Friday on his prime time show. “No one is saying that. It’s not true. They are teaching how Black people develop skills during slavery in some instances that can be applied for their own personal benefit.”

    • @killernova
      24•1 year 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•1 year ago

        Doublethink is a requirement to be a Fox News host.

    • @[email protected]
      14•1 year ago

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

    • ed_cock
      5•1 year 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!

    • @[email protected]
      4•1 year ago

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

      • Flying Squid
        4•1 year ago

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

    • @Pandantic
      3•1 year ago

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