Originally Posted by mojopinuk

Republican Legislator Says ‘Slavery Was A Blessing In Disguise’ | Addicting Info

“… the institution of slavery that the black race has long believed to be an abomination upon its people may actually have been a blessing in disguise. The blacks who could endure those conditions and circumstances would someday be rewarded with citizenship in the greatest nation ever established upon the face of the Earth.”

Yeah, sorry about the whole slavery thing but hey, look on the bright side. At least we let you live here! USA! USA! USA!

Originally Posted by J.R.R. Tolkien

There is only one bright spot and that is the growing habit of disgruntled men of dynamiting factories and power-stations; I hope that, encouraged now as ‘patriotism’, may remain a habit! But it won’t do any good, if it is not universal.