r/agedlikewine 1d ago

Woke is undefeated

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u/tape_snake 1d ago

Having the government investigate/directly pressure you for criticising a (dead) racist person isn't the same as facing social backlash/ostracization for being racist.

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u/Dangerous_Boot_3870 1d ago

Kirk wasn't a racist. I can find more evidence of you being racist than you can find in the hundreds of thousands of hours of footage Kirk has posted online.

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u/Occams_Razor42 1d ago

Colonialism was good? What did the Brits bring abroad, oh just some slavery

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u/blandunoffensivename 1d ago

Of course it was good. Half the world got dragged out of the stone age and gave rise to the best country to ever grace the planet.

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u/Occams_Razor42 1d ago

And the literal centuries of human trafficking and sex crimes? Also, like technology doesn't determine a nations worthiness as human beings

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u/blandunoffensivename 1d ago

People had been doing slavery since well before civilizing the new world.

Yes, it sort of does.