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Cyber Ghost@lemmygrad.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago

The American garbage parties

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The American garbage parties

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Cyber Ghost@lemmygrad.ml to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 years ago
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  • eddie_of_ny@lemmy.ml
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    morality of the US constitution 13th amendment

    Do you have a moral qualm with the abolishment of slavery?

    • ThereRisesARedStar [she/her, they/them]@hexbear.net
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      It didn’t abolish slavery though.

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        https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/13th-amendment

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          Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime

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            Cherry-picked and taken out of context

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              Here is the full context which still permits slavery so long as you’ve done a crime(and what counts as a crime can be modified to get the exact amount of slave labor you need)

              Section 1. Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.

              Section 2. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.

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                It abolished racial slavery

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                  No it didn’t.

                  Source

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                    Now we’re just arguing semantics. I’m arguing that the 13th amendment abolished racial slavery in the way we think of racial slavery, like generic, history class, cotton field slavery that supported the south’s economy before the civil war. You’re arguing that the powers that be essentially found a way to continue slavery under a new guise. That has a lot of merit, its just not what I was talking about in my earlier comments.

                    Secondly, thanks for proving my point. Look at who the largest demographic is on that chart you posted

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