So the Smithsonian can’t show that slavery was bad?
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He lies when the truth would serve him better...and he is cheap...no class at all.
His lack of couth is disturbing.
BartenderElite
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Good thing the Smithsonian covers that also.
The issue is balance.
If you grossly over-weigh the bad over the good, that's a problem.
"President Trump on Tuesday complained that the Smithsonian museums in Washington were “out of control” with content that painted the country in a negative light, including about slavery.
“The Museums throughout Washington, but all over the Country are, essentially, the last remaining segment of ‘WOKE,'” Trump posted on Truth Social.
“The Smithsonian is OUT OF CONTROL, ***where everything discussed is how horrible our Country is, how bad Slavery was, and how unaccomplished the downtrodden have been — Nothing about Success, nothing about Brightness, nothing about the Future,”*** he added. (Asterisks are mine)
“We are not going to allow this to happen, and I have instructed my attorneys to go through the Museums, and start the exact same process that has been done with Colleges and Universities where tremendous progress has been made,” Trump wrote. “This Country cannot be WOKE, because WOKE IS BROKE.”
T. A. Gardner
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It was bad but it wasn't all "evil." Don't apply a historian's fallacy to it by applying modern values to events of the past and trying to make an equivalence.
worldpopulationreview.com › country-rankingsCountries that Still Have Slavery 2025 - World Population Review
"Despite global efforts, modern slavery is widespread, with 167 countries harboring an estimated 46 million slaves, including forced labor and sexual exploitation."
America is not one of them that has slavery as a national policy.
Context is everything.
"Despite global efforts, modern slavery is widespread, with 167 countries harboring an estimated 46 million slaves, including forced labor and sexual exploitation."
America is not one of them that has slavery as a national policy.
Context is everything.
Yes, and those things are documented and celebrated in the Smithsonian.
But there was some pretty evil shit going on.
TOP
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Always!!Stay on the positive side Top
Things here are great!!
QP!
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Accuracy involves being clear and not just correct.
As i said, it is spin to push the idea that slavery was not all bad as some slaves learned some good skills like cooking, carpentry, etc.
AProudLefty
The remora of JPP
Trump has no idea what wokeness is.
As I said, point out someone that says that. I would disagree with them. It doesn't matter if I learn how to be a smith, if I was beat into the job rather than wanted it. However, telling folks that is what they are saying when they are simply saying that this is not all of our history and we shouldn't only focus on the bad is not the same thing as saying "slavery was good". These things are not the same.
Nomad
Every trumper is a N4T.
So, what were the good parts of slavery, Jethro?
What part of "the good" ended with "of slavery" other than in your own head.
This is where the problem lies. While I personally do not think that the Smithsonian has a focus on slavery to the detriment to other history as there are 21 different Smithsonian Museums and most of them have nothing to do with slavery, I fully comprehend saying "The Smithsonian focuses too much on bad things about the US to the detriment of other history" is not the same thing as saying "slavery is good". Nomad.
Good point. Black people are unworthy of freedom.
And other than you, who said that?
You implied it. Now look up the word, "imply."