Thursday, January 18, 2007
On a Resolution by the Commonwealth of Virginia to say that Slavery was Bad
Ok, here's the gag: the state of Virginia is proposing an apology for slavery. Yeah, slavery's bad, mmm-kay. This 140 years after slavery was abolished by the 13th amendment to the Constitution. "We're sorry that people we've never met but are related to enslaved people you've never met but are related to."
But then it gets really funny. A delegate in the General Assembly said no. And he didn't just say no, he said a few more words. Frank Hargrove, R-Hanover, said this, as stated in the Times-Dispatch:
Hargrove did not add that he felt that importing and enslaving Africans was necessary to salvation, so we might have to ask if that one's a fair assumption. Or perhaps he meant that the abolition of slavery was similar to Christ's resurrection.
Nonetheless, these remarks scared the governor, Tim Kaine. Kaine immediately was frightened that this would lead everyone to think that such a person was typical of Virginians. Granted, the only people who will think that are the people who think that Fred Phelps is a legitimate Christian leader, and they're just a bunch of idiots anyway. But whatever.
The stupid resolution, the crazy delegate, and the paranoid governor. Once again in Richmond, the Circus is in town early.
But then it gets really funny. A delegate in the General Assembly said no. And he didn't just say no, he said a few more words. Frank Hargrove, R-Hanover, said this, as stated in the Times-Dispatch:
Regarding slavery, Hargrove said "black citizens should get over it" and that
asking the state to apologize for slavery is akin to asking Jews to apologize
for killing Christ.
Hargrove did not add that he felt that importing and enslaving Africans was necessary to salvation, so we might have to ask if that one's a fair assumption. Or perhaps he meant that the abolition of slavery was similar to Christ's resurrection.
Nonetheless, these remarks scared the governor, Tim Kaine. Kaine immediately was frightened that this would lead everyone to think that such a person was typical of Virginians. Granted, the only people who will think that are the people who think that Fred Phelps is a legitimate Christian leader, and they're just a bunch of idiots anyway. But whatever.
The stupid resolution, the crazy delegate, and the paranoid governor. Once again in Richmond, the Circus is in town early.
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If they really want to apologize to the descendants of dead slaves, maybe they should apologize to the descendants all of the confederate soldiers they killed to protect slavery, like myself. Hey, lets make everyone apologize to everyone else.
I don't think the people behind the resolution have a life. Nobody else really cares about how a bunch of dead people feel.
I don't think the people behind the resolution have a life. Nobody else really cares about how a bunch of dead people feel.
The significance of the whole thing is getting the state of VA to say "I'm sorry," because after all, then the state acknowledges responsibility and has to pay.
But in and of itself, each individual piece of this is quite funny.
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But in and of itself, each individual piece of this is quite funny.
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