What would MLK Say?

[cnm]

Just out of curiosity, list out what you would like me personally to do, as a white southern male, to do to make things better.

Identify as an American soldier. Weren't those people you list, who fought to maintain slavery, American soldiers?
Apart from that, you can wibble about states' rights, but what rights are we talking here? The right to own people as chattels.

 

[cnm]

It's almost as though this doesn't count.

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Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner- stone rests upon the great truth, that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery — subordination to the superior race — is his natural and normal condition.​

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The "Cornerstone" Speech Full Text - Text of Stephens's Speech - Owl Eyes​

 

[cnm]

All I ask is that I keep my name.

Of course you can keep your name. And what it labels you.

 

[Confederate Soldier]

It's almost as though this doesn't count.

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Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its corner- stone rests upon the great truth, that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery — subordination to the superior race — is his natural and normal condition.​

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The "Cornerstone" Speech Full Text - Text of Stephens's Speech - Owl Eyes​

I did not deny that. But those are his views, he does not speak for the entirety of the South. Much like when Joe Biden called integrated public schools, "racial jungles".

 

[Confederate Soldier]

Identify as an American soldier. Weren't those people you list, who fought to maintain slavery, American soldiers?
Apart from that, you can wibble about states' rights, but what rights are we talking here? The right to own people as chattels.

Just not feelin' it.

 

[cnm]

But those are his views, he does not speak for the entirety of the South.

Really? He wasn't an elected representative, speaking for the people he represented?

My, my.

 

[cnm]

Much like when Joe Biden called integrated public schools, "racial jungles".

But Biden didn't. You have clipped and changed the meaning of his statement.

 

[cnm]

Just not feelin' it.

Of course not. You want to pretend states' rights were not about the right to chattel slavery.

 

[Confederate Soldier]

Really? He wasn't an elected representative, speaking for the people he represented?

My, my.

He was elected by bodies of the confederate congress, a bunch of upper class white men, not the populace.

 

[marvin martian]

I doubt that since I don't live in Virginia.

So? You still defend the guy every chance you get.

 

[BS Filter]

But Biden didn't. You have clipped and changed the meaning of his statement.

Okay, tell us what he meant.

 

[Confederate Soldier]

But Biden didn't. You have clipped and changed the meaning of his statement.

I did not. USA today mentioned it as partly false as taken out of context by others. He did say that it would be a racial jungle if he did not move on the bill he was pushing for at the time.

 

[cnm]

He was elected by bodies of the confederate congress,

Who represented the populace.

 

[cnm]

He did say that it would be a racial jungle if he did not move on the bill he was pushing for at the time.

Not necessarily in schools.

 

[cnm]

Okay, tell us what he meant.

In my opinion, that bussing alone would contribute to the toxic racial stew you have today.

 

[cnm]

President of the Confederate States of America - Wikipedia​

The president was indirectly elected by the people through the Electoral College to a six-year term, and was one of only two nationally elected Confederate officers, the other being the vice president. On February 18, 1861, Jefferson Davis became president of the provisional government, as well as the only person to assume the position.​

 

[cnm]

He was elected by bodies of the confederate congress, a bunch of upper class white men, not the populace.

I agree he didn't represent Black residents of the slave states, fair enough, my bad.