History?

[cee-dee]

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

[roger_roger_over_and_nowt]

And ?

[fragmented_nog]

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

[margaret*e]

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

That has puzzled me for days.🤔🤔

[cee-dee]

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

[margaret*e]

Very likely.