The Real said:
I never said you were c00ning. As for "reporting," as I have already stated, I am referencing Torah and Talmud law, which consists of normative statements about how people should behave. Among those statements are those that endorse the barbaric practices in question. In some cases, God himself commands the barbaric practices.
IDK about all that 'G-d' himself jazz. All I know is people of color wrote down what was going on around them 2,000 years ago. ALL societies back then are 'barbaric' compared to present-day.
The Real said:
You claim the text has no theological hold on you, but it's obvious you have affinities with Christianity in particular
As everyone in the United States and this thread does since we live in a post-Christian society.
The Real said:
whether or not you identify as a Christian or as a noncognitivist. You're clearly willing to defend Abrahamic barbarism through any manner of rhetorical acrobatics available to you.
False. I defend HISTORY and believe religion, whether Abrahamic or otherwise, are 'Black' peoples' best weapon against 'White Supremacy'. Not like I haven't stated that before, so for you to come at me with that just shows I need to say it more often so people don't misunderstand my stance.
The Real said:
Literally every sociological and historical survey of slavery and servitude worldwide includes chattel slavery and Abrahamic slavery in its surveys. There isn't a single, unbiased scholar anywhere who thinks there is no connection whatsoever between them. That doesn't mean all the forms are the same. It means they share enough similarities to be grouped together. Even your Dept. of Labor link says nothing contradicting this (in fact, it contradicts you, since it explicitly calls both American and the much less intense Brazilian servitude slavery).
Chattel slavery was not the only form of slavery in the Ancient Near East. This is why I keep stating that comparing Colonial America's to the ANE's is stupid. There were marriages, adoptions, careers, political appointments, etc. in the ANE version. The similarities are superficial. The differences are fundamental. The Dept. of Labor SPECIFICALLY states this as fact.
The Real said:
All forced labor and trafficking in human beings share fundamental similarities, regardless of whatever other differences exist between them. No one but you seems to think otherwise.
ANE slavery encompassed much more than 'forced labor and trafficking in human beings'. This point of history seems to be lost on a certain demographic in this thread.
And from what? 
