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Fine I'll start another one. What damages are being claimed when reparations are demanded?
Posted on 5/16/25 at 1:32 pm
Posted on 5/16/25 at 1:32 pm
If you think about it reparations are really nothing more than money to make up for economic damages. No different than if I sued you for fricking up my business ruining my reputation or damaging my car
So precisely what damages can any modern African-American claim? Remember. You can't claim damage is compared to what somebody not named you experienced. Like if somebody wrecks my car and my car is worth $50,000 I don't get to claim damages as if my car was a Ferrari. The economic damages have to be my economic damages
So precisely what damages can any modern African-American claim? Remember. You can't claim damage is compared to what somebody not named you experienced. Like if somebody wrecks my car and my car is worth $50,000 I don't get to claim damages as if my car was a Ferrari. The economic damages have to be my economic damages
This post was edited on 5/16/25 at 1:36 pm
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Posted on 5/16/25 at 1:34 pm to Grumpy Nemesis
I don’t want to get banned.
Posted on 5/16/25 at 1:34 pm to TigerAllNightLong
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don’t want to get banned
Lol
Posted on 5/16/25 at 1:36 pm to Grumpy Nemesis
This was your thread?
Your question is too on point.
I have no idea.
Your question is too on point.
I have no idea.
Posted on 5/16/25 at 1:37 pm to Grumpy Nemesis
So... start a thread about a subject... that thread gets anchored... in THAT thread, you call the admin who anchored it a "pussy admin" and then proceed to start another thread about the very same thing.
Posted on 5/16/25 at 1:37 pm to RohanGonzales
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This was your thread
Well I watered it down a bit to maybe avoid the pussy admin who let his thin skin be affected by the other one
Posted on 5/16/25 at 1:38 pm to MemphisGuy
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the admin who anchored it a "pussy admin
In my defense whoever did it is actually a pussy. So there's that. LOL
Posted on 5/16/25 at 1:41 pm to Grumpy Nemesis
Honestly, any claim made does not and can not hold one person/race responsible for others actions perpetrated 159 years ago.
Period. The end. It's a ridiculous and outrageous assumption that that defies any sense of justice.
Period. The end. It's a ridiculous and outrageous assumption that that defies any sense of justice.
Posted on 5/16/25 at 1:43 pm to Grumpy Nemesis
It will never happen. The amount they are bitching for is far too large to ever be possible. Not even worth engaging in conversation with them over. I have zero to do with what happened but you are going to tank it for all of us. Let's be honest, we're not dealing with a smart segment of society.
Posted on 5/16/25 at 1:44 pm to Grumpy Nemesis
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If you think about it reparations are really nothing more than money to make up for economic damages.
You miss the punitive portion they want to bake into it.
Posted on 5/16/25 at 1:44 pm to Grumpy Nemesis
I’m curious, freed slaves in Texas were given land. Not crappy land, but good farmland.
Did other slave owning states not do the same?
Did other slave owning states not do the same?
Posted on 5/16/25 at 1:45 pm to PeleofAnalytics
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You miss the punitive portion they want to bake into it
But punished for what? We objectively improved their lives by a wide margin. It's not even debatable. They are objectively a thousand times better off than whoever was standing next to granddaddy that didn't get put on a boat
Posted on 5/16/25 at 1:47 pm to Grumpy Nemesis
I paid my reparations. The blacks have been living off my taxes for decades. I want to be repaid if they get reparations.
Posted on 5/16/25 at 1:47 pm to Grumpy Nemesis
Reparations aren’t happening. Is there a reason for so much chatter today?
Posted on 5/16/25 at 1:48 pm to Grumpy Nemesis
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But punished for what?
You are not going to be given a reason that can't have a hundred holes poked into it. It's is inherited guilt. Doesn't really need to be inherited. More of a test whether they can put a picture of you next to a slave owner and ask "is their skin color within a few shades? GUILTY"
Posted on 5/16/25 at 1:49 pm to Grumpy Nemesis
I come from a long line of frontiersmen and outdoor type; i.e. indentured servants in south Georgia.
Show me the money.
Show me the money.
Posted on 5/16/25 at 1:50 pm to PeleofAnalytics
Typically when they argue in favor of reparations they argue by comparing black results to White results. But that makes no sense. If the thing that caused the damage was enslaving your ancestor than the question is how much did that cost you
And the answer is that your objectively a thousand times better off then if your ancestor had never been enslaved.
Some people take that to me that I'm arguing slavery is a good thing but I'm not. Slavery is objectively bad. And for the actual slave you can absolutely argue damages. But not for the current dude. The current dude is a thousand times better off and should be thankful for it
And the answer is that your objectively a thousand times better off then if your ancestor had never been enslaved.
Some people take that to me that I'm arguing slavery is a good thing but I'm not. Slavery is objectively bad. And for the actual slave you can absolutely argue damages. But not for the current dude. The current dude is a thousand times better off and should be thankful for it
Posted on 5/16/25 at 1:52 pm to Grumpy Nemesis
something that happened a long time ago that people use as excuse for bad behavior now and poor decisions
This post was edited on 5/16/25 at 1:53 pm
Posted on 5/16/25 at 1:52 pm to Grumpy Nemesis
The only somewhat legitimate thing I’ve ever heard is what effectively boils down to missed opportunities. Blacks do not inherit land from ancestors because their ancestors were always behind the 8 ball on owning land anyway, so some of the fruits down the road were never afforded to them (think minerals etc) because all that land was white owned. That’s the only remotely close legitimate argument I’ve ever heard and I still don’t think reparations would remediate it with that community because they can’t be trusted with large sums of money and would just ask for more.
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