@hohoho@lemmy.world to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world • edit-24 months 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-square56fedilinkarrow-up1244arrow-down128
arrow-up1216arrow-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-24 months agomessage-square56fedilink
minus-square@TheFriar@lemm.eelinkfedilink5•4 months agoWhy use that description of race? It’s the word used back then, but not today.
minus-square@finitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•4 months 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-square@TheFriar@lemm.eelinkfedilink1•4 months 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.