Why we should welcome a real trial about slave reparations

[Geee]

American Thinker:

For the past fifteen or so years, there has been a movement among some liberals to require that the descendents of former slaves be paid for the suffering of their ancestors. Conservatives have railed against this transfer of wealth, saying (rightly, one should add) that a person or entity cannot be held responsible for the actions of another person who has been dead for over 150 years. Lloyd’s of London was sued in 2004 by a group of descendents of African slaves, and the British court system ruled against their claim. There have been other claims made by the descendents of African slaves – all of these have been laughed out of court.

 

Conservatives also claim (again, correctly) that offering reparations helps to keep poorer African Americans in a perpetual state of victimhood. But conservatives should not only welcome the concept of a reparations trial, we should also be championing it. And in doing so, we would be providing what Barack Obama would call a “teachable moment” about the real history of slavery in not only the Western World, but also in the history of all mankind.

 

One should note that the Jesse Jacksons of the world have only been trying to get reparations against White European nations. But for this to work as a really teachable moment, it would have to be tried in a multinational court and consider the global scope of slavery. And “progressives” do not want this for the following reasons:

 

Liberals of all stripes have been trying to rewrite world history of many countries. Our liberal friends have tried to change the Holy Bible to say the descendents of Joseph were not slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt but were actually paid laborers. These intellectual giants of the left have conveniently neglected to teach that the current term “slave” is descended from the 9th century, where the white people of East Europe (Slavs) were kidnapped and sold into “slavery” by Spanish Muslims.

[Draggingtree]

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For the past fifteen or so years, there has been a movement among some liberals to require that the descendents of former slaves be paid for the suffering of their ancestors. Conservatives have railed against this transfer of wealth, saying (rightly, one should add) that a person or entity cannot be held responsible for the actions of another person who has been dead for over 150 years. Lloyd’s of London was sued in 2004 by a group of descendents of African slaves, and the British court system ruled against their claim. There have been other claims made by the descendents of African slaves – all of these have been laughed out of court.

 

Conservatives also claim (again, correctly) that offering reparations helps to keep poorer African Americans in a perpetual state of victimhood. But conservatives should not only welcome the concept of a reparations trial, we should also be championing it. And in doing so, we would be providing what Barack Obama would call a “teachable moment” about the real history of slavery in not only the Western World, but also in the history of all mankind.

 

One should note that the Jesse Jacksons of the world have only been trying to get reparations against White European nations. But for this to work as a really teachable moment, it would have to be tried in a multinational court and consider the global scope of slavery. And “progressives” do not want this for the following reasons:

 

Liberals of all stripes have been trying to rewrite world history of many countries. Our liberal friends have tried to change the Holy Bible to say the descendents of Joseph were not slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt but were actually paid laborers. These intellectual giants of the left have conveniently neglected to teach that the current term “slave” is descended from the 9th century, where the white people of East Europe (Slavs) were kidnapped and sold into “slavery” by Spanish Muslims.

 

[Pepper]

A real trial will not matter because the facts that would arise will not matter to those concerned. Minds are made up.

[SrWoodchuck]

I want some of that money!

 

1.) My Irish ancestors were mistreated slaves in America long before these African interlopers showed up.

 

2.) On top of that, these ingrates want money from me...me...who lost ancestors in a brutal civil war to make them free! I want war reparations on top of my slave reparations!