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Jack Valentino

(4,431 posts)
19. "2A" second amendment folks are only in favor of 2A rights for WHITE PEOPLE---
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 11:39 PM
Sunday

As a student of civil war and pre-civil war American history,
I will say that it is notable that after the passage of the 'fugitive slave law' in 1850,
within a couple years afterwards, there is little mention of much activity by 'slave-catchers'
traveling to the north to recapture slaves....

but there IS some mention of African-American communities having ARMED themselves
to protect themselves against such kidnappers....

And also there was my favorite quote from Frederick Douglass,
after he publicly gave up pacifism against black slavery---

At the Free Soil Convention in 1852, he said to a raucous crowd:
“The only way to make the Fugitive Slave Law a dead letter is to make half a dozen or more dead kidnappers.”


I see a very obvious moral parallel between the 1850's 'slave-catchers'
and the Trump government ICE agents of today....
and 'personal self defense' applies to both instances.

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I think it's great, dude was standing on business. BlueTsunami2018 Sunday #1
Gotta admit - I'm loving this... jmbar2 Sunday #7
100% with Black Panthers yankee87 Sunday #2
Actually, ICE won't go where there are serious criminals. Dan Sunday #5
The other subtle point is they want to leave us with the criminals and sociopaths. Intractable Sunday #10
Yeah, if we posted armed constitutional observers all over the city, standing on corners with their long guns strapped sboatcar Sunday #15
Bout damn time. A Neighborhood Watch that works NightWatcher Sunday #3
Aren't the Philly police on the right side this time? flvegan Sunday #4
The Philadelphia Police and the Philadelphia Sheriff are 2 different entities. nt MarineCombatEngineer Monday #26
The ONLY time in recent history that gun control laws were enacted was when the Black Panthers urged citizens to arm. usonian Sunday #6
That video is AI generated I think. Read the signs. mahina Sunday #8
I dunno... jmbar2 Sunday #9
poster didn't say the STORY was false stopdiggin Sunday #12
oh goodie ! just what we need ! more bullsh*t 'messaging' ! stopdiggin Sunday #11
I'm genuinely interested in your point jmbar2 Sunday #13
I do not. stopdiggin Sunday #14
It's OK. We all make mistakes. jmbar2 Sunday #16
Absolutely not AI Boo1 Monday #20
It only takes a few moments to verify this video Niagara Monday #22
'...2nd amendment folks, be if favor of it?' Hahahahahaha NO. Volaris Sunday #17
But it's legal now right? jmbar2 Sunday #18
"2A" second amendment folks are only in favor of 2A rights for WHITE PEOPLE--- Jack Valentino Sunday #19
Reminds me of this classic HAB911 Monday #21
Great! - thanks jmbar2 Monday #23
I love it!!! MarineCombatEngineer Monday #24
I'm more concerned that Dumpy is hoping EllieBC Monday #25
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