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Arguing with someone who just claimed Slavery was not as bad as the Holocaust. This shit is genuinely so baffling to me. The second you take an african man from their home and force them to work the rest of their life they are dead. 12 million people.
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Anonymous 15w

I never understood trying to compare atrocities

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Anonymous 15w

Do you not know that jews were enslaved during the holocaust im confused

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 15w

completely fair, i don’t mean to compare them directly, the person i was arguing with was basically saying slavery is nothing compared to the holocaust which is why i made this point. There is no such thing as a better or worse atrocity. It’s the revisionist history of the slave trade that i’m making a case for

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 15w

Mostly talking about the guy you were arguing with

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 15w

okay good, idk if it seemed like I was making a case that slavery was worse or not

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 15w

I’m not downplaying the holocaust, i’m also not intentionally comparing it to the holocaust

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