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Originally Posted by pizzaguy
Every time a conservative speaks, you can be sure that "the slaves didn't even have it that bad!" is right around the corner.
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I'm not sure that this is what you were arguing about, but I don't think that the post was trying to argue that slavery was not bad. The poster was using the example of slaves having a day "off" as evidence of the universality of the sunday holiday at that time, rather than to defend slavery itself.
As far as I can tell, that post had nothing whatsoever to do with slavery istelf
As I haven't researched this much, I can't comment further other to say that Wikipedia seems to suggest that Sundays off pre-date Saturdays off. However wikipedia isn't infallible, so...
Also, Pleeease everyone be careful with the name calling. It's wrong to counter an argument by looking for something they say that can be made to sound racist, or mean, or whatever. Take the above conversation:
Person A: We had no weekends until unions pushed for it.
Person B: Sundays were already off before unions. Even slaves had it off.
Person C: So you're saying slaves had cushy jobs? lolz typical conservative
There is no logical way of reaching person C's conclusion. It's a lazy attempt to discredit person B's opinion by creating a reprehensible person out of him/her. Maybe C just didn't read it wrong, but even so, the "Lotta Fascists" comment is in the same spirit.
It doesn't follow that everyone who has issues with unions is a fascist. IMO it is pretty easy to defend unions without resorting to these tactics. There is a certain appeal in having a two day weekend, living wages, protection from unreasonable employers, and good working conditions in general. Just stop the rhetoric before we end up killing each other!
Sorry to derail a subway thread, I'm out now lol.