When the Theocratic Republic of America outlawed running in 2030, the legislation was very popular amongst the general population because running was perceived to be a huge waste of time practiced by sickly thin effeminate men that dressed in an immoral and provocative fashion. Those that formerly ran for exercise and competition benefitted afterwards as they put on weight plus gained muscle from traditionally masculine pursuits such as weightlifting and physical labor at re-education camps. In many cases, the additional body mass and testosterone caused the former runners to attract and find satisfying heterosexual relationships with women.
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Future Historian wrote:
When the Theocratic Republic of America outlawed running in 2030, the legislation was very popular amongst the general population because running was perceived to be a huge waste of time practiced by sickly thin effeminate men that dressed in an immoral and provocative fashion. Those that formerly ran for exercise and competition benefitted afterwards as they put on weight plus gained muscle from traditionally masculine pursuits such as weightlifting and physical labor at re-education camps. In many cases, the additional body mass and testosterone caused the former runners to attract and find satisfying heterosexual relationships with women.
One can agree with everything you said and still think banning running is wrong. I know this is difficult for non-critical thinking libs to understand.
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Let it Rupp wrote:
hunter wheres the blow wrote:
Do you seriously not understand why the “learned skills during slavery that helped them” thing bothers people? You don’t understand why that rubs people the wrong way?
No I don't, I think if that statement triggers you, you should get your head checked. You're making this into something that it isn't.
My father was a carpenter and old massa let him have lumber and he made he own furniture out of dressed lumber and make a box to put clothes in. And he used to make spinning wheels and parts of looms. He was a very valuable man.-- Carey Davenport, former slave from Walker County, Texas
Slaves had many noteworthy skills and talents which made plantations economically self-sufficient. The services of slave blacksmiths, carpenters, coopers, shoemakers, tanners, spinners, weavers and other artisans were all used to keep plantations running smoothly, efficiently, and with little added expense to the owners. These same abilities were also used to improve conditions in the quarters so that slaves developed not only a spirit of self-reliance but experienced a measure of autonomy. These skills, when added to other talents for cooking, quilting, weaving, medicine, music, song, dance, and storytelling, instilled in slaves the sense that, as a group, they were not only competent but gifted. Slaves used their talents to deflect some of the daily assaults of bondage. They saw themselves then as strong, valuable people who were unjustly held against their will rather than as the perpetually dependent children or immoral scoundrels described by so many of their owners. Indeed, they found through their artistry some moments of happiness, particularly by telling tales which portrayed work in humorous terms or when singing satirical songs which lampooned their owners.
Here's one example of the point being made.
Here's another
It is important to remember, however, that while some enslaved people worked on large cotton plantations, others worked in other types of agriculture, including tobacco, hemp (for rope-making), corn, and livestock. In Southern cities, many worked at a variety of skilled trades as well as common laborers. It was not unusual for those working in the cities to put away enough money to buy their freedom. Indeed, Southern cities, as well as many in the North, had large free black populations.Nobody is saying "slavery was good for slaves" except deranged leftists who are inferring that to make political attacks on Desantis. If hearing the fact that skilled slaves used their skills to their benefit - you know, like being able to make their own stuff, make money or even BUY THEIR FREEDOM - makes you angry, then you need help.
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But they are saying that some aspect of their experience as a slave was good for them. Even if it's true, it's still insensitive to make a big point about. And this whole conversation was orchestrated by DeSantis, not the other way around. He very purposefully put forward this mildly insensitive curriculum instruction so it would grab headlines and we would talk about it. He KNEW it would be taken this way because unlike you apparently, he understands how liberals think.
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Well, it doesn't seem like they were covering Asian slave trading or white inentured servitude at Columbia, at the University of Minnesota or at UNLV (I stopped looking after that).
RepresentativeSyllabi-BA-AfricanAmericanStudies-AAS101.pdf (unlv.edu)
Microsoft Word - CIS-Afro-1011-Syllabus.docx (umn.edu)Microsoft Word - Intro-AfAm 2005-syllabus 4a2 Revised Sept 19 2005.doc (columbia.edu)
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hunter wheres the blow wrote:
Let it Rupp wrote:
No I don't, I think if that statement triggers you, you should get your head checked. You're making this into something that it isn't.
Here's one example of the point being made.
Here's another
Nobody is saying "slavery was good for slaves" except deranged leftists who are inferring that to make political attacks on Desantis. If hearing the fact that skilled slaves used their skills to their benefit - you know, like being able to make their own stuff, make money or even BUY THEIR FREEDOM - makes you angry, then you need help.
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But they are saying that some aspect of their experience as a slave was good for them. Even if it's true, it's still insensitive to make a big point about. And this whole conversation was orchestrated by DeSantis, not the other way around. He very purposefully put forward this mildly insensitive curriculum instruction so it would grab headlines and we would talk about it. He KNEW it would be taken this way because unlike you apparently, he understands how liberals think.
It wasn't a big point, you're the one making it a big point. You libs are screeching and crying like children over 1 single line in a 216 page curriculum. Desantis wasn't the one bringing it up, it was liberals. Liberals who are trying to revise history to not offend other sensitive liberals.
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Smoove wrote:
Well, it doesn't seem like they were covering Asian slave trading or white inentured servitude at Columbia, at the University of Minnesota or at UNLV (I stopped looking after that).
RepresentativeSyllabi-BA-AfricanAmericanStudies-AAS101.pdf (unlv.edu)
Microsoft Word - CIS-Afro-1011-Syllabus.docx (umn.edu)Microsoft Word - Intro-AfAm 2005-syllabus 4a2 Revised Sept 19 2005.doc (columbia.edu)
Why would someone intentionally leave out the fact that people of other races were enslaved in the US, in a US HISTORY CLASS.
Teacher: Asians and whites were enslaved in the US
Libs: OH SO YOU'RE SAYING AFRICAN AMERICAN SLAVERY WASN'T THAT BAD??
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I wonder how those rankings are calculated. My home state (Maryland) typically is ranked in the top 5 for education, and it's often #2 or #1. Obviously one area completely drags down the performance (Baltimore), but it's under 10% of the population so that's why I think it does well. Nice DC suburbs completely pull it up, and there are enough of them that - for all intents and purposes - the school district that's basically completely inner city doesn't affect it too much.
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The definition of "liberals" here is those who find it offensive to try to white-wash (excuse the term) one of the worst aspects of American history, so that the right can feel better about their racial-supremacist views.
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US News and World Report rankings are notoriously flawed, if you read the full article you posted you will see why. Even higher education institutions treat those rankings with a grain of salt.
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Let it Rupp wrote:
Why would someone intentionally leave out the fact that people of other races were enslaved in the US, in a US HISTORY CLASS.
Have you not understood this whole time that the class in question is a college level African American Studies class, or are you misrepresenting the class in question intentionally?
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the truth.. wrote:
It's a perfectly reasonable reply. The NAACP issued a travel warning for Florida but not for their own headquarters, Baltimore. It shows the leftist hypocrisy: Democrat cities are hellholes, while Republican states create policies that allow everyone to thrive.Almost all red states are net takers from the government while blue states are net contributors. Don’t kid yourself.
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Smoove wrote:
Let it Rupp wrote:
Why would someone intentionally leave out the fact that people of other races were enslaved in the US, in a US HISTORY CLASS.
Have you not understood this whole time that the class in question is a college level African American Studies class, or are you misrepresenting the class in question intentionally?
It's not an AA studies class, the standards you are referring to are from the entire k-12 social studies program. Not a single class. "African American Studies" is a strand (which in education terms, means topic) that is taught about from kindergarten to 12th grade. The specific topic of Afro-Eurasian slave routes is covered in grades 6-8.
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Almost all red states are net takers from the government while blue states are net contributors. Don’t kid yourself.
What are the percentages of African Americans in superior blue states compared to inferior red states?
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Hm why is there an african american studies class? is there asian american studies and italian american studies and chinese american studies as well? Seems racist
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DeSantis is popular wrote:
How do Florida’s schools compare to Baltimore?
You don’t compare a state to a city. You compare a state to state.
Maryland has lead the nation in advanced placement exam participation and performance 9 years in a row.
Florida’s school system is ranked #14 and Maryland’s is #5.
In fact,
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LetsRunSpecial wrote:
Beush wrote:
Almost all red states are net takers from the government while blue states are net contributors. Don’t kid yourself.
What are the percentages of African Americans in superior blue states compared to inferior red states?
The worst offenders are West Virginia, North Dakota, Wyoming etc which barely have any black people
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Beush wrote:
LetsRunSpecial wrote:
What are the percentages of African Americans in superior blue states compared to inferior red states?
The worst offenders are West Virginia, North Dakota, Wyoming etc which barely have any black people
West Virginia was one of the bluest states in the country until Democrats intentionally killed the coal industry.
New York and California were the #1 and #2 economies in the country long before they turned blue.
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DeSantis really seems to want the Republicans to lose any future election.
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Let it Rupp wrote:
Vrany0 wrote:
"Aside from that, how did you enjoy the show, Mrs. Lincoln"
How you can rationalize this is beyond me.
I don't have to rationalize anything. Slavery can be bad, but slaves could have been able to use the skills learned working on plantations for employment in post-abolition. These two things can be true at once.
Slavery CAN be bad??
You lost me after that.
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