[TheRealThing]

The argument you attempt to make is not your own. It comes from the left and is grounded not in concern for the black folks who have long since departed this earth, rather it is grounded in their desire to see the land destroyed as I outlined in the thread starter. Which BTW had nothing to do with slavery, but since playing the race card is about all the cannon fodder your side ever has, I understand why you led with that. I will play along briefly.

The United States fought a civil war over slavery. Abraham Lincoln (Republican for the record) led the fight to free the slaves and abolish the practice of slavery at great cost. And who was it that contested the freeing of the slaves vector? Democrats. Who afterwards having been defeated, revised the historical record and blamed Republicans. Can't you see the pattern here? Slaves, Katrina, WMD's, CV-19?

The Lord Himself allowed King Nebuchadnezzar to remove the Jewish people to Babylon, enslaving them and forcing them to serve himself. In a world where the slave trade had been flourishing since the days of Nebuchadnezzar and as such was a seemingly unstoppable force; it was America which stopped and faced herself to question the practice of slavery. It was America who led the world in the abolishment of slavery. And to that end it is America to whom the world owes a debt of gratitude for her lead and sacrifice to that end.

I have no doubt that in your case, doubt is the overwhelming factor in your thought processes.