Rise of the Roypublicans

[UpInArms]

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/10/opinion/republicans-roy-moore-harassment.html

Slavery was no respecter of the family. Mothers were frequently, and without warning, sold away from children and vice versa. When marriage among slaves was allowed it only existed at the so-called masters’ discretion, as partners could easily be sold away from each other.

And sexual harassment, sexual assault and even rape were routine acts of horror visited upon the bodies of enslaved women and girls, often by the so-called masters who were married.

See folks, this is how racism’s reasoning works: It requires a revisionist view of history, with stains removed and facts twisted. It strips away ancestral horror so that the legend of the lineage can be told as hagiography.

The sheer audacity of this historical lie, the depth of the deceit, is galling and yet it is clear that fabulists and folklorists have so thoroughly and consistently assaulted the actual truth, that this bastard truth has replaced it for those searching for an easy way out of racial responsibility.

If you can’t deal with it, lie about it.

Slavery was unfortunate, but tolerable. It was brutal, but people were happy. Enslavers were wrong, but their families were strong. These are all lies racists tell.

[world wide wally]

1. I have always asked the question, "If it's not wrong, why do you lie about it"?

[yurbud]

2. and that lie has infected our politics & culture like cancer

and gives even half-assed demagogues like Trump a delusional base to build on.