Post B70McUxK5aVwKyFzsm by niobleoum@nekosat.work
(DIR) More posts by niobleoum@nekosat.work
(DIR) Post #B6zTh9H2dPLb3pgW9I by vitalis@dirtyknight.life
2026-06-04T13:15:46.401709Z
7 likes, 6 repeats
(DIR) Post #B70KYd29uhhgK9Xujo by ophis@brain.worm.pink
2026-06-04T22:48:37.476160Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@vitalis the talk about the american slave trade led to a movement for its abolitionwhat would this talk do now, other than pure whataboutism?
(DIR) Post #B70KYeAhgQ8HqwYFhA by vitalis@dirtyknight.life
2026-06-04T23:08:05.049629Z
3 likes, 1 repeats
in 1808, President Thomas Jefferson banned the importation of slaves from Africa or any foreign country for that matter, and while it is shameful that slavery itself was not abolished for another 60 years, the Arab slave trade did not end until the 20th century with the last open slave markets closing in Morocco in 1922. So what good is it to *not* talk about the arab slave trade that ended much later, and which lasted a span of over 1000 years? Is it only morally correct to confront the dark history and reckoning of the west?
(DIR) Post #B70L6Zo6PuDKA89uZk by ophis@brain.worm.pink
2026-06-04T23:09:14.793300Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@vitalis wake me when it's someone from (or at least in) one of the gulf states who's actively campaigning for post-slavery reparations and human rights there
(DIR) Post #B70L6ayQ523pmPzfIO by vitalis@dirtyknight.life
2026-06-04T23:14:13.199491Z
2 likes, 0 repeats
so because there is no one demanding reparations for the arab slave trade, there is no point in acknowledging it or teaching it in history class? We should not ever bring it up because otherwise its just whataboutism?
(DIR) Post #B70McUxK5aVwKyFzsm by niobleoum@nekosat.work
2026-06-04T23:31:12.485483Z
2 likes, 0 repeats
@vitalis @ophis One could really argue that Arab slave trade never really ceased. UAE is the first to come to mind, and one where there is substantial international criticism and boycott pouring in. It just changed the face, but not the essence or prevalence. The (self)criticism of the West goes on, because we are about the only ones who not only acknowledged our faults, but actually ceased the wrongdoings altogether. Slavery is still going good to this day in Africa, Asia and South America - according to some with greater scale than ever.
(DIR) Post #B70Nrl8yHjxwqCXw3c by Groomschild@poa.st
2026-06-04T23:45:10.911001Z
1 likes, 0 repeats
Lots a non western cultures are about saving face and never admitting mistakes. So it makes sense that they will try to dogpile and mock the few cultures that do admit their errors.
(DIR) Post #B70OBWHVFjfEXOxXvc by niobleoum@nekosat.work
2026-06-04T23:48:44.335779Z
1 likes, 0 repeats
@Groomschild @ophis @vitalis It's not even about saving face. They just don't care. They have entirely different moral system to begin with.
(DIR) Post #B70XDkMmkqDyOAZDRw by ophis@brain.worm.pink
2026-06-05T01:11:47.095219Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@vitalis literally anyone else? yeaha white american zoomer influencer with anachronistic facial hair? i'm not left with any reason to expect anything but the worst
(DIR) Post #B70XDkvWfg0u7uoxbE by vitalis@dirtyknight.life
2026-06-05T01:29:58.612533Z
2 likes, 0 repeats
the person in this video, Tom Fitzgerald, is an Irish historian from Galway. regardless though, I don't think just because you are an american with facial hair, that means you are not allowed to acknowledge anything but the shameful past of the west.
(DIR) Post #B76GefYoCNrB1tCb9E by scathach@stereophonic.space
2026-06-07T19:52:36.484579Z
2 likes, 0 repeats
@vitalis Worst thing about the Arab slave trade is that it's still very much still happening today
(DIR) Post #B76GtcbhSfycDIgUr2 by scathach@stereophonic.space
2026-06-07T19:55:18.500029Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@vitalis Damn near every manual laborer, service worker, and low-level tradie in Saudi Arabia and the gulf states is a slave lured from Africa and south Asia with the promise of a good job, only to have their passports confiscated