#Civilized

So that piece was largely about US historical amnesia, and the false line between the "civilized" West and the rest, but I want to talk about this part here, since
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I’m sure this is going to piss someone off, but… I see a lot of “this imagining of the future has SLURS in it!” going around, all the time—as if
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Daniel Webster, 1820: "I deem it my duty on this occasion to suggest, that the land is not yet wholly free from the contamination of a traffic, at which every
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Women in Britain couldn't own property till the late 19th century, while British "civilized" us. In India they made property tradeable and by law only males could inherit it. (same
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Everyone who has paid attention knows that the elite, mainstream media has a far left bias. But there is no substitute for learning this first-hand, up close, and personal. In
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Islam giv equal rights to women, when girls used to buried, Islam treated tem as Blessings. Islam gv choice of marriage& allow her first to give consent so if she
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Point of order: four years ago when this Trump guy got elected with Russia’s help, I was writing ALL-CAPS and F-bombs; this was seen as weird.After Wednesday, @JoeNBC and sitting
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How did the concept of untouchability become prevalent in India?In the Indian tradition and social norm, such tribes who had to be kept in isolation for their protection were known
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Macron sounds like when two white guys talk about brown people in private.https://twitter.com/jshahryar/status/1322776774413963270 Apart from the casual racism, they betray an amateur understanding of history, and as already mentioned, fail
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Relevant to the horrific killings in Atlanta, I think more discussions of the yellow peril myth (the racist idea that East Asians are taking over the U.S. and endangering “Americans”)
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More than a few who do something bad enough to get them time will snap out of it in prison...Like true believers. It happens.I hadn't thought about that part of
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Hag: Who dares to enter my domain?!Paladin: It's me Nana. Can my friends and I stay here for the night?H: Ah, you're the insolent heroes trapsing though my bog. Yes,
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1/12 Time for another wacky #FF. Pandemic blues hit me and the inauguration brought both insanity and sanity. I looked around and realized despite all the chaos some folks have
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1/ (THREAD)Dear Atlanta Police Officers:America is at a historic crossroads. We face the worst crisis since 1861. You have a chance to avert it.(continued)https://twitter.com/Atlanta_Police/status/1271934167979352064 2/The concepts of liber
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I deny that even a hate-filled zealot who wishes to murder me is somehow subhuman or unworthy of dignified treatment. I deny this precisely because I do not wish to
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Some more thoughts on this since a question arises why is Pakistan so poor at countering Indian influence ops? 1. First, let's make it clear that Pak also engages in
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