I wouldn’t word it that way, but I’ve basically articulated the same point. He’s basically saying that as bad as slavery was, are they better off now in the projects than they were on the plantation?
This is not an endorsement of the plantation. Rather, it is a condemnation of the welfare state.
There are better ways to make the point.
I agree. Being a slave is horrible. Living in a project where one is thoroughly dependent on government and subject to high crime is not much better. It’s trading one form of slavery for another. Comparing the two doesn’t mean I think either one is good.
Comparing life in the projects as worse than life on a plantation takes on multiple levels of thought and reaction.
When speaking publically, one does need to get their mouth in the same gear as the mind before opening the mouth.
I do understand the point Bundy was making, but it can just as easily be misconstrued, and therefore becomes a tool for the left to employ.
You are exactly correct. Bundy’s way of wording is was not correct but the sentiment behind it has been spoken by many here, Thomas Sowell, Victor Davis Hansen as well as many others.
Bingo you are right on.
I’ve said the same thing many times. The key is to use tact and be careful of the phrasing and the words used. Too bad real issues can’t get discussed because of all the “feelings” that get hurt in the process.
The fact is that LBJ basically said the if they handed out enough money to blacks then they would be Democratic voters forever.
Zero didn’t mention those quotes while visiting the LBJ library.
The double standards continue to pile up.
Bingo.
I have often wondered if they would choose to have been left in Africa instead of being brought over here as slaves.
Africa is a hell hole and maybe in comparison they would be glad they were brought here. I don’t know, I have never asked the question, I have just wondered it.
There is a book named “Lower River” about Africa that is so awful it killed any desire that I might have had to visit there. That book and the brutality you hear about all the time.
You’re right of course but because he used the word “Negro” and said they “never learned to pick cotton”, well he’s cooked now.
And while the accusation is abused and overused these days, it is racist to say “they never learned to pick cotton”. Sorry it is.
So let’s not get into defending these comments. Because that’s what the totalitarians want, us to focus on defending the indefensible, while they quietly continue their assault on freedom.
They are slaves still...plenty of them..whites too. But many have taken advantage of the hard won freedom to excel. So overall, his point is idiotic.