hohoho@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-29 days agoIn the class warfare of America, there seem to be an awful lot of parallels between typical Republican voters and Uncle Tom, a negro who was exceedingly subservient to his slave masters.message-squaremessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1242arrow-down128
arrow-up1214arrow-down1message-squareIn the class warfare of America, there seem to be an awful lot of parallels between typical Republican voters and Uncle Tom, a negro who was exceedingly subservient to his slave masters.hohoho@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · edit-29 days agomessage-square54fedilink
minus-squareTheFriar@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·8 days agoWhy use that description of race? It’s the word used back then, but not today.
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 days agoI believe its being used in the same contextual format as it would the time period of Uncle Tom, similarly to how quotes work. You shouldn’t censor history.
minus-squareTheFriar@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·8 days agoNo, but it’s a shower thought. If it were a quote, I wouldn’t have said anything.
Why use that description of race? It’s the word used back then, but not today.
I believe its being used in the same contextual format as it would the time period of Uncle Tom, similarly to how quotes work.
You shouldn’t censor history.
No, but it’s a shower thought. If it were a quote, I wouldn’t have said anything.