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[–] Acronymesis@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As a person of color, I wish I could say I had the self control not to let this rhetoric that slavery had benefit to anyone but the slave owners get to me. It is absolutely infuriating that anyone would suggest such abject fucking garbage, and anyone who thinks there's a bright side to owning other people can get entirely fucked.

[–] Fpsfrank85@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They want to make slavery ok again, and include everyone this time!

[–] keeb420@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Well since they're ok with it and have already sold their souls to the devil they can be the first to volunteer.

[–] Eldritch@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It is, they can. It's enshrined in the 13th amendment.

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

If slavery had benefits then you billionaires don't mind becoming my slave? What? Whats the issue? It has benefits!

[–] norbert@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Gutfeld finally made it to a regular time slot eh? I remember when they had this clown prancing around at 2am, not as a re-run but because that was the actual time slot they gave him.

He was a clown then and he's a clown now, FNC must be running out of vapid blondes to parade around if they're scraping Gutfeld up and putting him on.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The worst part is he thinks he's extremely witty and droll. His smirk every time he thinks he says something funny is just awful.

[–] millifoo@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To be fair, the guy has the face of a sitcom character actor. We should be laughing at every line that comes out of his face. Just not in a "hey, that was smart and funny!", more like "hah! there's that dufus again".

https://imgur.com/vWaKw01

[–] thesprongler@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

And is his logo supposed to invoke Garfield?

[–] style99@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

Fox "News": It's not offensive when we do it to you.

[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I understand the museum here. The Holocaust was terrible for so many Jews.

[–] Hellsadvocate@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Anytime I see the phrase "it is essential" now I automatically think "ah chatgpt write it". Regardless, I'm surprised something like this even required a rebuke.

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