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Oops! Rudy Giuliani Screwed Up, and Now He's Being Sent Out to "Clarify" His "Views"

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Hecuba's daughter5/04/2018 3:13:08 pm PDT

re: #427 HappyWarrior

It just makes me so sick how there are people out there who want to do everything possible to downplay the evils of slavery. You know my story, my dad’s mom’s family fled the Potato Famine. And yes life in Ireland especially Conneacht was tough but my third great grandfather was a free man. He was able to leave with his family to a better life. It annoys me so much when other Irish-Americans try to talk down to African-Americans like yourself by saying “Well the Irish slaves”(which is bullshit anyhow) or “My family”, no, we had it hard but we didn’t have generations of men, women, and children enslaved who had to worry about what would happen if we looked at someone wrong. And I wish that the former peasants of Europe had teamed up with the freemen to kick some serious ass.

One million Irish did die in the manufactured potato famine. The food was there but the British landowners exported it.