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  • Slavery Today

    From Lee Lofaso@2:221/360 to All on Thu Apr 4 04:15:48 2019
    Hello Everybody,

    http://news.trust.org/shorthand/life-after-slavery/

    Over 40 million people around the world
    are born into slavery, and remain slaves
    even today. Including many who are in
    the USA. Why does this continue, even in
    this day and age?

    Many of the people trying to enter the
    USA are fleeing from countries that forced
    them into slavery. Why are they denied
    the right to even apply for asylum, with
    their own children taken away from them?

    The USA is supposed to be the "land of
    the free, and the home of the brave" -
    but there is nothing brave to be found
    by denying those who wish to be free.

    Perhaps we should do what Abraham Lincoln
    had advocated - send all the slaves to
    Guatemala so they can have their own country.
    Of course, Guatemalans might object to that,
    as those who live there already have a place
    to stay.

    After becoming president, Abraham Lincoln
    decided to create a new place for slaves to
    stay. Within the USA. It's all in his
    emancipation proclamation. Rather than free
    the slaves, he was going to round them up
    and send them all to Louisiana.

    Unfortunately, a two-bit actor put an end
    to that idea ...

    --Lee

    --
    We Put Big Loads In Tight Places

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  • From Aaron Thomas@1:123/525 to Lee Lofaso on Thu Apr 4 08:32:42 2019
    them into slavery. Why are they denied
    the right to even apply for asylum, with

    It's hard to take them seriously when they cross illegally. They have a
    "legit" asylum claim, but because they don't trust Americans, they sneak in anyway. And then they get to deal with people like the Guatemalan lady in Illinois, who manipulated their immigration status & enslaved them.

    but there is nothing brave to be found
    by denying those who wish to be free

    It is kinda brave to let illegal criminals enter the country without
    passports; if brave means hiding behind concrete walls while poorer Americans get burned alive by illegals who, for them, it's a cultural thing to barbecue other humans. The USA is a melting pot though; so we can learn from them, how to break immigration laws, and how to hide murder evidence in a fun way. It's only a matter of time before we'll need those skills as we begin to search
    for a new home too.

    Perhaps we should do what Abraham Lincoln
    had advocated - send all the slaves to

    But this is where the slaves are coming from in the first place?

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