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GOP presidential candidate draws renewed criticism after suggesting slavery helped African Americans develop skills such as being a blacksmith

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[–] MicroWave 37 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Unbelievable

Some on the right defended DeSantis, including Fox News host Jesse Watters.

“No one is arguing slaves benefited from slavery,” Watters said Friday on his prime time show. “No one is saying that. It’s not true. They are teaching how Black people develop skills during slavery in some instances that can be applied for their own personal benefit.”

[–] killernova 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sooo... they did benefit from slavery, and also didn't benefit from slavery? He said both things in the same breath....

Obviously slavery is purely wrong.

[–] billiam0202 11 points 1 year ago

Doublethink is a requirement to be a Fox News host.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

I guess there's a Tucker Carlson sized hole of hatred that the other anchors are clamoring to fill

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

That's called adapting to your circumstances.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Funny, that's actually the argument most often heard in Germany when people want to bring back mandatory military/civil service. Yes, it's slavery, but it'll teach you stuff!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

The word benefit and slavery should only be used together when talking about slaveowners and the 1700s-1800s US economy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This shit is literally doublethink straight out of 1984. And I thought the book was hyperbolic.

[–] FlyingSquid 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

We also are approaching the point where we will have 'novel-writing machines.' Except ours will also make movies.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

What personal benefits do these people think slaves had/have?

[–] Pandantic 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah, like cooking the parts of animals their slavers threw out. How beneficial!