topic Re: History? in The Round Table

History?

cee-dee — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 18:37:16 GMT

We've seen all the criticism, statue toppling and conflict over by-gone slaves but there are many bits of history either overlooked or not known about by the wreck-everything brigade.

Did you know that around 1631a village in Ireland was attacked by Barbary pirates and around a hundred people were taken in to slavery?

Did you know that it's been estimated that around a million Europeans were taken and sold in to slavery?

I wonder what the keyboard warriors will have to say?

Here's a couple of links:-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbary_slave_trade

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbary_pirates

Re: History?

roger_roger_over_and_nowt — Mon, 29 Jun 2020 18:41:32 GMT

And ?

Re: History?

fragmented_nog — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 14:44:53 GMT

My eyes glazed over after "We've seen all the criticism"....

Re: History?

margaret*e — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 15:22:41 GMT

Does it explain why BLM is acceptable but WLM is offensive.

That has puzzled me for days.🤔🤔

Re: History?

cee-dee — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 15:25:52 GMT

It's probably the same as for the keyboard warriors, the critics've got a chip on their shoulders?

Re: History?

margaret*e — Wed, 01 Jul 2020 15:32:48 GMT

Very likely.