Kamala Harris

Quote: SOOPOO

In the pantheon of stupid DG posts, this one is just rich. Of course, I don’t read the majority of them, as they never make any sense and are just too long to tolerate.

It hit home didn't it?

Quote: GenoDRPh

To be safe, we should only elect or appoint into public office only those people who descended fully from peoples who emigrated to the US on or after 1865. That's the only real way to be reliably sure they never owned slaves in the US.

This whole thing if just ridiculous.

The liability would mainly be associated with the country's future.

Quote: rxwine

Republicans worried about reparations are like worrying that Trump will suddenly become an honest man. And tell them the truth.

Reparations bills are already making it to serious consideration in deep blue areas. They were first talked about in the 1980s and the handout class never lets up asking for them. The pattern is the left tells us to ignore this looney stuff as it gains hold in lefty institutions. Then one day you get an email with "pronouns" in the sig line as if I did not learn what pronouns are proper by 4th grade.

A few loons on the left agitate for it then the whole left is for it. Then the media says, "well, maybe those on the right should accept some mild form of it to meet halfway."

Happens time and time again.

Quote: DoubleGold

A person can't knowingly justify supporting a person from a slave-owning family, of course unless they were of that persuasion.

I doubt even 1% of people know if their "ancestors owned slaves." For someone over 40 you are talking probably 4th-great grandparents. Even what 1st great grandparents did or were is usually a revelation to people. My research sometimes showed slaves mentioned in wills. One of those in particular if I put my mind to it I could probably trace it to the nice sub-division there now. One day I may if I am bored. Play historian for a few days.

But what does any of it prove? The land will have gone thru many owners. The old family owners have moved every which place. None of it matters.

BUT........Kamala being from a party of reparations opens herself up to criticism, her "fault" or not.

Quote: AZDuffman

I doubt even 1% of people know if their "ancestors owned slaves." For someone over 40 you are talking probably 4th-great grandparents. Even what 1st great grandparents did or were is usually a revelation to people. My research sometimes showed slaves mentioned in wills. One of those in particular if I put my mind to it I could probably trace it to the nice sub-division there now. One day I may if I am bored. Play historian for a few days.

But what does any of it prove? The land will have gone thru many owners. The old family owners have moved every which place. None of it matters.

BUT........Kamala being from a party of reparations opens herself up to criticism, her "fault" or not.

I can go back literally to the 15th century.

And figuratively before AD.

Quote: odiousgambit

Let's look at this again

Slaves would certainly not be buried in the church Hamilton Brown founded

the word slave is not used here

note well, Ireland ... the writer of this little ditty seems to be suggesting that Christiana Brown, that grandmother we are talking about, was Irish. Thus, also, eligible to be buried in the church.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_J._Harris

Brown is a French name first found in Cumberland and Normandy (Le Brun):
https://www.houseofnames.com/brown-family-crest

Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Norman_invasion_of_Ireland

Quote: AZDuffman

I doubt even 1% of people know if their "ancestors owned slaves." For someone over 40 you are talking probably 4th-great grandparents. Even what 1st great grandparents did or were is usually a revelation to people. My research sometimes showed slaves mentioned in wills. One of those in particular if I put my mind to it I could probably trace it to the nice sub-division there now. One day I may if I am bored. Play historian for a few days.

But what does any of it prove? The land will have gone thru many owners. The old family owners have moved every which place. None of it matters.

BUT........Kamala being from a party of reparations opens herself up to criticism, her "fault" or not.

As an Italian-American whose 8 great-grandparents emigrated to the US from Southern Italy and Sicily in the period between 1890 and 1910, I am as close to 100% certain my ancestors never owned any slaves, and am 100% certain my ancestors never owned slaves anywhere in the New World. This makes me an ideal candiate for President!

Vote for Geno!

Quote: GenoDRPh

As an Italian-American whose 8 great-grandparents emigrated to the US from Southern Italy and Sicily in the period between 1890 and 1910, I am as close to 100% certain my ancestors never owned any slaves, and am 100% certain my ancestors never owned slaves anywhere in the New World. This makes me an ideal candiate for President!

Vote for Geno!

It makes you a candidate to be made, not POTUS.

Quote: AZDuffman

It makes you a candidate to be made, not POTUS.

Imagine a made-man President negotiating with Putin. "Hey, Vladimir, this is mighty fine Black Sea Fleet you have here. It would be shame if something were to happen to it..."

Quote: AZDuffman

It makes you a candidate to be made, not POTUS.

The last several Democrat candidates' family were all slave owners.

So the Party seems to restrict whom can be a President to slave owner families.

For examples, RFK Jr. & Bernie likely didn't qualify as coming from slave owner families.



This time around was different in that they didn't let anyone else on the ticket.

Like you have no choice in the matter and you will be happy when eating ze bugs slaves.