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In reply to the discussion: Why Did So Many Christians Support Slavery? [View all]Exultant Democracy
(6,594 posts)Trying too pretend that all slavery is the same is preposterous. All forms of slavery are evil but there is no doubt that Aesop for example had a far better life than a southern plantation slave and that is the exact point that Douglass was making.
It's like saying getting your car taken is all equally bad when being car jacked raped and murdered is worse than being car jacked and forced to empty your bank accounts and not be raped and murdered. Car jacking is always evil but some car jacking is worse just like slavery.
It just so happens that when you look at the body of law common practice that was developed by Christians in the west was quantifiable worse than anything anyone dreamed up before.
All the programs against the jews were evil and yet the holocaust was still worse, see it isn't hard to find gradations of evil.
When you are arguing about slavery against Fredrick Douglass chances are you are horribly and disgustingly wrong.