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Arguing with someone who just claimed Slavery was not as bad as the Holocaust. This shit is genuinely so baffling to me. The second you take an african man from their home and force them to work the rest of their life they are dead. 12 million people.
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Anonymous 1w

I never understood trying to compare atrocities

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Anonymous 1w

Who sold that African man to the United States?

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Anonymous 1w

Do you not know that jews were enslaved during the holocaust im confused

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1w

completely fair, i don’t mean to compare them directly, the person i was arguing with was basically saying slavery is nothing compared to the holocaust which is why i made this point. There is no such thing as a better or worse atrocity. It’s the revisionist history of the slave trade that i’m making a case for

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 1w

Mostly talking about the guy you were arguing with

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1w

So we're blaming African peoples now for the implementation of chattel slavery in the US?

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 1w

“how can i make this atrocity less meaningful” do you believe that African genocide don’t count because they are african? Rwandan Genocide for example? Is it meaningless because it was two african groups? like do you not see how this is an insane argument

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1w

okay good, idk if it seemed like I was making a case that slavery was worse or not

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 1w

I’m not downplaying the holocaust, i’m also not intentionally comparing it to the holocaust

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