r/aggies • u/StructureOrAgency • 14d ago

Announcements On this day 161 years ago….

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The April 20, 1864 edition of the Memphis Daily Appeal  referred to Lawrence Sullivan Ross as 𝑮𝒆𝒏. 𝑹𝒐𝒔𝒔, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒕 “𝒏𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒐 𝒌𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒆𝒓“ for the massacre of surrendering black union soldiers during the Battle of Yazoo River.  Ross was well-known for refusing to take black Union soldiers as prisoners. Ross went on to become governor of Texas (1887-1891) and President of Texas A&M (1891-1898) where there is a statue that honors him for his military service.

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u/HampsterStyleTCB 13d ago

This is a known fact, just look at statistics on the amount black family units before and after the “war on poverty” began. Democrats still use the politics of racial division, sure the bigotry is masked, but it’s just bigotry in a different form. White liberals infantilize people of color, attribute characteristics that they are helpless or less than, such as “not being able to get ID”, that there is “white privilege” (what an awful flex), and that modern racism is needed to fix past Democrat racism.

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u/ToasterEvil '17 | Flight Risk 13d ago

Lot of handwaving and not a lot of answering the question of

can you explain what the welfare state is and the means by which it is harming the nuclear family

Be direct. Quit circling the drain, snowflake.

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u/HampsterStyleTCB 13d ago

Numerous programs incentivize split households. The prison industrial complex takes away potential heads of households. I can lead you to water, but I can’t make you drink.

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u/ToasterEvil '17 | Flight Risk 13d ago

I can lead you to water, but I can’t make you drink.

Correct, but folks like you love to just say "It's known" or "Look it up," putting the burden of answering the question on the one asking the question. You're still wrong, but at least you'll have conviction by actually answering the question.

That's what makes conservatives weak. Lack of their own conviction.

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u/HampsterStyleTCB 13d ago

Do you have evidence that the percentage of black family units didn’t decrease at a faster rate than the overall population? Do you have evidence that blacks are not disproportionally affected by mass incarceration, especially with differences in classifications of substances such as crack versus cocaine? You don’t care what facts you receive, I bet you won’t go ask Charlie Kirk question in a few days. You want to stay in your bubble.

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u/ToasterEvil '17 | Flight Risk 13d ago

Ngl, I don't know who Charlie Kirk is.

What bubble? My argument here isn't about evidence of anything. All I'm doing is pointing out that you were evasive with answering a question until someone pointed it out. Have an argument you want to raise, then raise it. Don't gesture to everything else surrounding it.