Black Reparations.

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  1. RoanokeIllinois

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    Black Reparations. All whitey's owe the Blacks Reparations.
    Well, at least Democrat Politicians seem to think so.

    You see, when a Black person commits a Crime here in America, it's not their fault. At least not to the Democrat Politicians.
    Democrat Politicians in general want to teach everyone that not taking responsibility for ones actions is the "moral, and right" thing to do. Of course it is not.

    Especially, if one is black. So, if you're black and murder or rape someone, it's probably only because whitey kept you down your whole life. It doesn't matter if you're black and grew up with rich parents, or middle class parents, or poor.

    All the causes of your problems are whites faults. Black on Black crime going up? it's not any black peoples fault, it's whitey's fault. Tons of Businesses moving from your area because they keep getting stolen from and can't afford it any more?
    It's not black people's fault, especially if they're doing the majority of the thefts.

    Of course, none of this makes any logical or moral sense, but the Democrat Politicians win every time they keep telling not only black people this, but also democrat voters in general. Why?

    Because then, Democrat Politicians can call the Businesses going out of the area racists, and elite 1 percenters, trying to keep ya down. It helps with their Agenda for crime, and spreading Anarchy/defunding the police and justifying murdering cops. And it will continuously spread hatred amongst racist and divide us as Americans in general, which ultimately give Democrat Politicians the majority of votes in the house and or senate and presidency, then allows them to pass fake crap deals, such as the Green New Deal, ultimately stealing Trillions of dollars from the tax payers, and more out of your Check.

    Ultimately, raising taxes, and throw in a war here and there, maybe a Wuhan covid virus, and a couple other things, and now you've been caught up to date.

    Thee major point at the end of the day is this: Enabling any group of people(blacks), to hate whites soley based upon the color of our skin, is not only racist, and hypocritical of the mistakes we've made in the past, but also enabling blacks to try and always have a crutch in life so to speak, or justify everything that they do, is ultimately negative and degrading for their whole race in general.

    Democrat Politicians could give them high paying jobs, but instead, they'd prefer to just allow to give them criminal records, by allowing them to commit crimes. Why? Because the more crimes minorities commit, the more minorities will have to rely on their radical policies to be free.

    Democrat Politicians don't want anyone to be free. They want to control you, and then they call it freedom, but ultimately, they will control your money, how you act(one of these ways is threw drugs), and who you are in general in life. and then they will tell you to shut up and be thankful for it, with your own money, that they took from you.
     
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    I have this strange notion that everyone should be judged according to their individual content and their actions and that people are only responsible for their own actions.

    The notion doesn't seem to be very popular with the left.
     
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    You don’t show an understanding of your political opponents. I am not sure if you want to... Maybe you just enjoy complaining about them. But your characterizations are not accurate.
     
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    how is it not accurate? Which parts are not accurate? I'd really like to know, because currently all that you're doing is putting me down, which is fine with me, and all, but you're not presenting a valid debate in return.
     
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    Yep, people are not affected by anything other than themselves.
     
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    Thank you for providing a perfect example of my point. Did someone else make you post it or were you responsible for the decision and the choice to post that?
     
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    You did.
     
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    it must be an unsettling feeling knowing that others can so easily control and manipulate your actions.

    You're not a big believer in every individual being responsible for their own actions are you?
     
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    I am a firm believer that everyone who was a slave in America should be given government reparation. That includes divorced dads.
     
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    I agree and they should be paid directly by everyone who owned slaves.
     
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    Except for rich women soaking up child support and alimony... aren't all slave owners dead?
     
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    Here in the USA. Except for a handful of isolated cases where you hear of foreigners typically.... keeping modern-day indentured servants in accordance with their culture.

    There are other nations of the world where it is still common practice. You would think the social justice warriors would be more concerned with stamping out the slavery that still exist then they would be with trying to seek money just because they're related to someone that used to be one.
     
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    Which one? Name and link to back it up.
     
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    I say we send all people with blacker skin a check for their ancestors slavery

    and

    I say we send all people with whiter skin a check for their ancestors that gave life or limb to free them from slavery

    problem solved, we black and white Americans say to all Americans together we are sorry for slavery in our past

    all Americans regardless of the color of one's skin is equally responsible for America's past... as we are all Americans
     
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    What in the Sam hell does business have to do with this topic?

    Try to focus on my point. Every individual person should be judged on their own merits and should be held accountable and responsible for their own actions.

    I know that can be a very foreign concept to grasp for some.
     
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    Take the tax dollars requested for reparations of slavery and give it to our veterans. No one living today was a slave and no one living today owned a slave, but we have veterans' organizations on TV begging for money to help veterans.
     
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    I’m curious to know which specific pols are pushing for reparations. I’m sure there are some but are we talking like a few or multiple dozens? In other words, if it’s only a few nutcases who believe this then so what. No big deal since a few can’t do jack squat about it. If it’s multiple dozens then it starts to be a real issue.
    To be clear for the assumption makers….I am against ANY type of reparations. Let me say that again for the reading impaired…I am AGAINST any type of reparations.
     
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    Spot on, sir.
    IF people as a group could think clearly, most everything would change overnight. Human weakness seems to be far less limited than human strength, and of course- because it's the easy way out,it's taken frequently. Out of most anything, if you stretch it far enough. Watched that video of a black BLM person stating that the looting of the "Miracle Mile" stores in Chicago wasn't looting, it was "reparations", and beside, those stores had insurance. It's a waste of time to discuss reality or basic values with such a person, they have no capacity to grasp such things anymore, because they have immersed themselves is exactly the ideology you describe.

    Fundamental responsibility.... the power of every person to be in charge of themselves and control their own lives. Everybody has the power. The difference is that some have no will to use it, some don't know they have it- and others succeed because they use it. That doesn't control what others might do- but what you do. And what happens in life is not so much the events you encounter.... but how you respond to them. That's where your power is, and while nobody can take it from you... you can give it away.

    You have to know where your power is- and it is NOT in anyone else. When they blame others for their condition, they are abandoning their power, and demanding that others- who actually have no real power over their decisions- fix things for them. We should make no effort to meet those demands. Every time we do, it validates the idea that their emotions are our responsibility.... and they slide further down the slope, surrender more of their power over their own lives.
     
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    I do not favor reparations. Any money that could be availble for such a thing should be used to improve living conditions, infrastructure, schools or provide jobs in poorer communities.
    I am concerned that people did not acknowledge that the OP was really a rant not about reparations, but is in fact a rant against a specific race that is full half truths and dog whistles.
    Be against reparations because the are bad policy, not because they would go to someone that you hate.
     
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    @RoanokeIllinois

    sherman had the right idea about reparations. 40 acres per freed slave could easily have been carved from the plantations, and mules were plentiful war surplus after appomattox.

    what do you reckon the value of that 40 acres would be today? (mules can still be found in the $100 range) even with 150 years of compound interest (paid in kind - college tuition or hospital bills) a deal like that would help "ensure domestic tranquility."
     
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    Let’s just say in an imaginary world we pay some money to families of former slaves.

    how do we know which ones get a full allotment? Some of them probably sucked at it, some were probably “slave of the month”. I’m not giving a full payment to some idiot whose ancestor was a lazy slave.
    That’s just unethical.
     
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    Repetitions is nothing but a money grab. The money will be given to "community organizers" to "help the community". A significant amount will end up in Democrat campaign coffers. Black folks, i.e. individual citizens will never see a dime of that money.
     
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    In 1988, President Reagan signed the Civil Liberties Act to compensate more than 100,000 people of Japanese descent who were incarcerated in internment camps during World War II. The legislation offered a formal apology and paid out $20,000 in compensation to each surviving victim.
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    So, I would be in favor of doing the same for all surviving slaves.
     
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    Disagree. No one alive today is responsible for the slavery of 200 years ago. Absolutely no one. The sins of the father should not be visited upon the son.
     
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    Blacks should pay other blacks. We wouldn't have had a slave trade to the US if blacks didn’t capture AND sell their own. I have zero sympathy for anyone living TODAY attempting to blame me TODAY for their problems.

    Germans owe me for killing 1/2 my people. I haven’t seen a dime…today. Then again I don’t expect anything. I became successful through hard work and HATE with a passion, excuse makers. LOSERS!!

    Your life today isn’t affected by the slave trade of 100s of years ago. Go back to Africa and hold your hand out because it was THEM who sold your ancestors.
     
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