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boariskarloff

 I remember my 5th grade history teacher taking the time to emphasize that “Most of the founding fathers who had slaves were nice to them.”
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they ate people. they tortured people. they forced people fight to the death. they raped people. they took peoples' teeth. but "being a slave is better than dying"
112 upvotes, 17 comments. Yik Yak image post by Anonymous in US Politics. "they ate people. they tortured people. they forced people fight to the death. they raped people. they took peoples' teeth. but "being a slave is better than dying""
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Anonymous 4w

Most of the founding fathers who owned slaves probably didn’t really interact with them very much. Except for Thomas Jefferson, who liked to fuck them constantly.

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Anonymous 4w

Ok but as a teacher… that’s the developmentally appropriate thing. In elementary school you teach them that, then in middle school you introduce the faults, then in high school you draw conclusions based on the amounts of good and bad within people.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 4w

How does one “nicely” enslave another human being?

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Anonymous replying to -> boariskarloff 4w

How would you explain it to a 10 year old? You can’t go into the horrors of slavery or war with them. It’ll scar them and traumatize them. There’s a science to education, guys.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 4w

You can say “it was horrible” and leave it at that. It took me les than 5 seconds to come up with that explanation

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Anonymous replying to -> boariskarloff 4w

Most kids that age can’t understand nuanced views

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 4w

If you have a nuanced view on chattel slavery, something is wrong

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Anonymous replying to -> boariskarloff 4w

You misunderstand, they aren’t as capable of balancing the evil with their “good” as founders of the country.

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Anonymous replying to -> boariskarloff 4w

You teach in elementary objective good and objective evil, and the evil in the good in middle, then have them critically think and draw conclusions about the nature of “good” and “evil” in high school.

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 4w

Most elementary schoolers understand the concept that people are capable of doing good and bad things, so ceasing the deification of the founding fathers and talking about them like people would probably help that pill go down

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 4w

3️⃣🤝🐗

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