Why do we pledge allegiance to a flag? Why don't we pledge allegiance to humanity, to taking care of one another, to taking care of the environment? Who cares about a country if you're poisoning everything in it and blowing up everything outside of it?
@anniwithoutane@AfroChingona I'm not agreeing with that sentiment, but that's my take on why it gets said. Slavery, historical or modern, should be discussed, should be protested, and should be ended. The history and discussion of it shouldn't be limited to the transatlantic trade. It's happening now.
@anniwithoutane@AfroChingona I'm gonna play devils advocate here and suggest people don't say this because they want pity or attention. They tend to say it with more of a "get over it already" attitude. The rational being slavery has existed basically as long as humans have, so if you're free stop whining.
Remember when the rogue chat bot predicted the stock market would crash March 15th? Well here we are March 13th with 2 major bank failures and well, I'm just gonna go grab some popcorn now...
@ShaneBonnell74 @EdKrassen Canceling womens Healthcare is canceling womens rights. Women can die from pregnancy. Babies can be born with terrible abnormalities that cause them to suffer and die. 12 year olds can get pregnant by their uncles/fathers/pastors. Lots of sound reasons to abort, lots.
@HorrorGorl Plenty of people with communist/ egalitarian values work corporate jobs, because most of us don't have much of a choice. The system we have is what we have, and its not changing anytime soon sadly.
@juliavkril Are we going to pretend people don't suffer under capitalism and imperialism? Is it only people who suffer under communism and fascism that get to be offended by flags and symbols?