Instead of celebrating the 4th of July, the US should have an annal apology day

Apologize to people of color for all the racism, land theft, genocide and slavery.

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Name a country that never practiced slavery.
Name another country that fought a civil war to end slavery

The debt’s been paid.

Nitedoc · 51-55, M

@redredred Absolutely! Paid with interest!

daydeeo · 61-69, M

@Nitedoc Paid with blood.

Roundandroundwego · 61-69

@redredred the English ended slavery by voting, before the US civil war. But nobody thinks voting would help you avoid war! We understand how proud you are of that civil war. Reenacting but not reviewing it constantly.

redredred · M

@Roundandroundwego I’m fairly sure there’s a point to your comment but I cannot see it. Contained in the very name of the country you can see that it is and was the United STATES. Since we have no national plebiscite, all the votes in Massachusetts wouldn’t have affected Mississippi in the least.

The election of Lincoln and the impending democrat loss of the senate provoked the attack on fort sumpter and the resulting civil war.