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In Defense of Us
The American Mind ^ | 07/18/22 | Joe Lonsdale

Posted on 07/19/2022 8:25:38 AM PDT by PoliticallyShort

It’s unacceptable to brainwash young people deprived of a historical background to believe that America or the West is evil and that we should be ashamed of ourselves. History is full of sins and contradictions, no doubt. But on the big questions—is America a terrible place? Are Europeans in the last 500 years uniquely bad in history? Are we so immoral as to warrant the systematic destruction of our nation and Western civilization?—there is really just one answer: No.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: america; blogpimp; education; nihilism

1 posted on 07/19/2022 8:25:38 AM PDT by PoliticallyShort
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To: PoliticallyShort

The rise of the Egyptian Empire and it’s sustaining power was due to slavery of Jews and dark-skinned Africans.

It could be said that the Egyptian Empire, in its day, was the most advanced military and economic power on Earth.

History is a hash mistress.


2 posted on 07/19/2022 8:31:11 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Islam is NOT a religion of any sort. It is a violent and tyrannical system of ruling others.)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

* harsh *
Maybe both???


3 posted on 07/19/2022 8:31:46 AM PDT by Cletus.D.Yokel (Islam is NOT a religion of any sort. It is a violent and tyrannical system of ruling others.)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

——dark-skinned Africans——

Translation: Negros


4 posted on 07/19/2022 8:32:38 AM PDT by bert ( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Juneteenth is inequality day)
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