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Gun Control Reform Activism

raging moderate

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1. Cannibalism and slavery were once the normal condition of mankind worldwide.

Reply to billh58 (Original post)

Sun Oct 23, 2016, 02:27 PM

Oct 2016

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I wonder whether Mr. Cooper would recommend cannibalism? Or dismemberment for thieves? Or using fresh excrement as medicine? Slavery was an abomination, whether it was practiced on one's fellow countrymen or on people from halfway across the world. The 17th-18th century effort to permanently doom an entire race of humans to perpetual slavery, however, was a new and hideous layer of this ancient evil.

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NRA: ‘We Highly Recommend’ Racist Newsletter That Frequently Defended Slavery [View all] billh58 Oct 2016 OP

Cannibalism and slavery were once the normal condition of mankind worldwide. raging moderate Oct 2016 #1

Somehow this doesn't surprise me. The NRA flamin lib Oct 2016 #2

It doesn't surprise me billh58 Oct 2016 #3

Of course they do. nt eppur_se_muova Oct 2016 #4