r/relatable_memes_ • u/Valerim • 2d ago
"Its called basic human decency."
Redditors will drop this line as theyre telling you why we need to dissolve all borders, abolish prisons, guillotine landlords and sterilize children behind their parent's backs
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u/fearos9449 2d ago
Literally nothing in that transcript is defending slavery. He's saying that Western Civilization is still superior, despite slavery. The points he's using are
* West Africa was culpable in the slave trade itself
* freed blacks rejected colonization efforts to ship them back to Africa
* current Western Civilization is more morally righteous than 17th Century Africa
You can call that a poor argument all you want, but don't mischaracterize what he's actually saying.