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minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·18 days agoI always tell people to look at Frederick Douglas and Bayard Rustin. Douglas backed Lincoln over a full on abolition candidate because Douglas knew Lincoln had the better chance. Rustin was a gay man who never once pushed MLK to talk about gay rights. But we must have perfection right now! cut and pasted.
minus-squaremrdown@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·18 days agoYou compare this to a fucking genocide? Fuck off
minus-squareDagwoodIII@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·16 days agoBetween 12 and 60 million people died as the result of the African slave trade. And I’m pretty sure Frederick Douglas would have known something about that.
I always tell people to look at Frederick Douglas and Bayard Rustin.
Douglas backed Lincoln over a full on abolition candidate because Douglas knew Lincoln had the better chance.
Rustin was a gay man who never once pushed MLK to talk about gay rights.
But we must have perfection right now!
cut and pasted.
You compare this to a fucking genocide? Fuck off
Between 12 and 60 million people died as the result of the African slave trade.
And I’m pretty sure Frederick Douglas would have known something about that.