• tjr@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    Calling something the “gravest crime” seems kind of strange. So genocide is better? Mass rape? Why compare?

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      6 days ago

      The Transatlantic slave trade lasted for centuries and included both genocide and rape and way more

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      I don’t understand the goal of making a superlative statement. Any government not run by ghouls would condemn slavery.
      Inbe4 " my least favorite government would totally not condemn slavery as a concept lolololol"