1. None of those who were enslaved are still alive.
2. None of those who enslaved them (black and white) are still alive. [Note: the first slave owner in America was a black man that owned another black man.]
3. America fought a bloody Civil War from 1861-1865 that ended slavery in the United States. Nearly 700,000 Americans died in that war. I had two great grand uncles [father's side] that fought for the Union in that war. My ancestors liberated the oppressed, so why should I pay reparations?
4. On my mother's side, grandpa and grandma came to America between 1900-1910; nearly four decades AFTER slavery ended. Both of them were from Sweden and never owned or saw a slave. So, why should I pay reparations for grand parents who weren't even in this country at the time the great grievance of slavery was committed?
5. Since LBJ's “War on Poverty” began in 1964, the government now spends over $1 trillion (that's a 1 with 12 zeroes) in transfer payments per year to the perpetually aggrieved 12.5 percent minority...and that is not enough?
Bite me, black bigots, race hustlers, and Liberal scum.
“Bite me, black bigots, race hustlers, and Liberal scum.”
The best part of your brilliant post. Bravo!
One last thought. There are only two countries in the world that have actively taken up the cause of ending slavery: 1) Great Britain and 2) the United States. The Brits banned the slave trade in 1807 and sent the Royal Navy to enforce it. America banned the importation and sale of slaves in 1807 (effective in 1808). The U.S. Navy joined the RN in suppression of the African to Caribbean to America slave trade. [The import ban did not affect domestic ownership or trafficking of slaves. That required a bloody Civil War.]
Finally, only one country in the world has ever fought a civil war that had the abolition of slavery as one of its war aims. That country is America and there are 700,000 dead Americans to attest to that fact.
It is about time America had a real discussion about slaves and slavery, but you’ll never convince Liberals or black racists to do so. Stoking the fires of racism is just too profitable in misplaced guilt and MONEY to selected, protected species.