Posted on 09/20/2022 9:23:53 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Recently demoted CNN host Don Lemon was caught like a deer in the headlights Monday night when he asked British royal commentator Hillary Fordwich whether the British royal family should pay reparations, claiming that some in the United Kingdom “want to be paid back.”
“England is facing rising costs of living, a living crisis, austerity budget cuts, and so on. And then you have those who are asking for reparations for colonialism, and they’re wondering, you know, $100 billion, $24 billion here and there, $500 million there,” Lemon explained. “Some people want to be paid back, and members of the public are wondering, ‘Why are we suffering when you are, you know, you have all of this vast wealth?’ Those are legitimate concerns.”
Her response was epic. After initially giving the impression that she agreed with Lemon, she schooled him royally.
“Well, I think you’re right about reparations in terms of if people want it, though, what they need to do is you always need to go back to the beginning of a supply chain,” Fordwich replied. “Where was the beginning of the supply chain? That was in Africa, and when it crossed the entire world, when slavery was taking place, which was the first nation in the world that abolished slavery? The first nation world to abolish it, it was started by William Wilberforce, was the British. In Great Britain, they abolished slavery.”
She continued, “Two thousand naval men died on the high seas trying to stop slavery. Why? Because the African kings were rounding up their own people, they had them on cages waiting in the beaches. No one was running into Africa to get them. And I think you’re totally right.”
The look on Lemon’s face was priceless.
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She squeezed his lemon.
Is we gettin’?
Africans were sold into slavery by their own ‘brothers’ and by ISLAMIC MUSLIM SLAVERS.
Yet they continue to join the Muslim religion and blame whitey.......................
Lemon is an idiot always has been always will be
Couldn’t have happened to a bigger imbecile.
... because that's where the money is.
“African kings were rounding up their own people, they had them on cages waiting in the beaches. No one was running into Africa to get them”
I believe every word of that, however I’d like to be able to point to some sort of historical documentation if anyone has an idea where I could find it.
To be fair, he asked about colonialism. She switched the topic to slavery. The UK did a lot of bad things as the colonial master, such as addicting a generation of Chinese to opium. Of course, they did a lot of good things as well, such as abolishing the Hindu custom of throwing widows on funeral pyres.
Hopefully he’s on the cnn pink slip short list....him AND Anderson Cooper
Watch the whole clip at the link. It’s even better than the description.
Read up on Wilberforce.
His story is miraculous and he -never- forgot.
Yet he forgave.
Very unlike politicians.
Yes. She kept her composure and delivered.
Hi.
In the fwiw department, Great Britain ended slavery and the market for slavery in 1750.
No one is alive who has standing.
5.56mm
Poor LemonIdiot.
It’s not LemonIdiot’s fault he got spanked tho.
LemonIdiot is a product of the failed education system that birthed him.
Slavery was historically considered a humanitarian act. When a more powerful state waged war and concurred at weaker state the concurred population had a choice. Either submit to the winner, pay tribute both in wealth and slaves, or be slaughtered by the troops. Slaves were considered to be already “dead” by the Romans for instance and letting them serve Romans was a more humane option.
African chieftains followed the same principle accept that they could also sell excess slaves to Europeans for wealth. History is not very pretty but enlightened men like William Wilburforce forced change on the world through their moral strength and faith.
Slavery used to hold people back from having their own lives. They were not allowed to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
200+ years hence...
And we have democrats keeping people from having the lives that people wish to have. Those people are kept in poverty, serving their masters in Washington and in other blue states and blue cities. Those people are being bought into a different kind of slavery, but, they can’t escape if they are being held back by the liberal politics which promise them the world, while holding them back. Only a small percentage of them escape, but, only if they have extraordinary skills in major sports or in music or even in Hollywood. But, those that do ‘escape’ are expected to be grateful to the democrats for allowing them to be successful.
Slavery comes in different flavors, and slavery of today is subtle compared to the harsh conditions of past slavery.
Lemon is a slave to democrat policies and politics, but he’s still lacking in the talent department. He is being used by democrats, just like a lot of those that ‘escaped’ their ‘reservations’. Most successful ‘escapees’ are nothing more than useful tools for the democratic party.
“To be fair, he asked about colonialism. She switched the topic to slavery”
Oh he woulda gotten around to that in short order I’m sure.....she just cut him off at the knees before had the chance.
Which is how these libidiot media types need to be dealt with.
Considering the Queen just passed away he could not have picked a worse moment to bring up the reparations stupidity.
Nobody owes these people shit.
Laughed my a$$ off when she said that the families of the sailors who died trying to stop slavery should be given reparations as well. Lemon didn’t have a response for THAT. That’s a good perspective. Should the families of Union soldiers who died during the Civil War receive reparations as well?
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