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Girard442

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8. Once one human being can treat another as property...

Reply to CousinIT (Reply #4)

Mon Nov 13, 2017, 09:28 AM

Nov 2017

...all of this becomes inevitable. People who promote the idea that slavery somehow wasn’t all that bad are giving their stamp of approval to every bit of evil spawned by it.

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Roy Moore: Acceptance of pedophilia in the South is a legacy of slavery [View all] Kind of Blue Nov 2017 OP

I thought of this too, especially how guys got away with it: yurbud Nov 2017 #1

Yeah, and about that wife, that brings up another point. Kind of Blue Nov 2017 #2

no way. Were any ever prosecuted? yurbud Nov 2017 #32

I'm still hunting this info down. Kind of Blue Nov 2017 #39

Technically it ain't pedophilia zipplewrath Nov 2017 #3

a Pervert by any other Name,,,,,,,,, Cryptoad Nov 2017 #10

Yup! Kind of Blue Nov 2017 #19

Well, that's a distinction without a difference to me. Kind of Blue Nov 2017 #18

When someone tells us an apple is rotten LanternWaste Nov 2017 #35

I understand zipplewrath Nov 2017 #38

Why? Would either make the apple more or less tasty and delicious? LanternWaste Dec 2017 #45

Denial of women's reproductive rights in the US is also a legacy of slavery CousinIT Nov 2017 #4

Excellent point & reference. k&r, nt appal_jack Nov 2017 #5

Yep. (nt) ehrnst Nov 2017 #6

Once one human being can treat another as property... Girard442 Nov 2017 #8

Yep. It boggles my mind the way some right wingers raccoon Nov 2017 #34

So raping slaves was a money making operation and not only accepted but encouraged. nt Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #17

Thanks for the link. These are the connections that have to made Kind of Blue Nov 2017 #21

Thank you clayclai Nov 2017 #36

Is it any wonder.... Aviation Pro Nov 2017 #7

Then DownriverDem Nov 2017 #13

if the man is the primary breadwinner, she may feel she has to just take it. yurbud Nov 2017 #33

No wonder at all. Kind of Blue Nov 2017 #22

Texas was a Confederate state cannabis_flower Nov 2017 #9

16 years old in Minnesota n/t progree Nov 2017 #11

And include "The age of consent is gender neutral and... Kind of Blue Nov 2017 #24

Right you are. argyl Nov 2017 #27

I corrected this already clayclai Nov 2017 #37

It is a legacy of the south. I remember hearing stories about Jerry lee Lewis marrying SummerSnow Nov 2017 #12

Gawd, I forgot about Presley and Lewis and the Color Purple. Kind of Blue Nov 2017 #23

Slavery is an abomination and the source of a lot of evil in the U.S. yardwork Nov 2017 #14

Hear! Hear! yardwork. Kind of Blue Nov 2017 #25

how do these heaven05 Nov 2017 #15

Yes, I was going to respond the lowest level of consciousness Kind of Blue Nov 2017 #26

Women throughout history have been viewed as property. Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #16

I think you might like this article in reference to #MeToo because Kind of Blue Nov 2017 #28

Omg it feels like she channeled my soul. Fabulous, thank you. Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #30

Thank you for this and the link. GoneOffShore Nov 2017 #20

You're very welcome. I'm just glad all of this ickiness Kind of Blue Nov 2017 #29

I agree. It all needs to come out. The patriarchal rule over women has to end. nt Irish_Dem Nov 2017 #31

Wow. I come to AA forum to read when I want to learn. fleabiscuit Nov 2017 #40

me too steve2470 Nov 2017 #41

Thank you so much! Kind of Blue Nov 2017 #42

yep. K&R JHan Dec 2017 #43

Thanks for the kick, JHan. Kind of Blue Dec 2017 #44