Arkansas Republican: Slavery was ‘blessing in disguise’ that ‘rewarded’ blacks with U.S. citizenship

[kpete]

“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,” Hubbard wrote. “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.”

The Africans who were abducted from their homeland to be sold abroad as human chattel were the lucky ones, however. On page 189 of Letters to the Editor, Hubbard said, “Knowing what we know today about life on the African continent, would an existence spent in slavery have been any crueler than a life spent in sub-Saharan Africa?”


However, Hubbard also believes that black Americans’ lives would “be more enjoyable and successful if they would only learn to appreciate the value of a good education.”

And while he sees “the blacks” as a pressing problem facing America, the real threat, he wrote, comes from immigrants, “legal and illegal,” who will eventually have to be rounded up and killed.



http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/10/06/arkansas-republican-slavery-was-blessing-in-disguise-that-rewarded-blacks-with-u-s-citizenship/

http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2012/10/05/republican-extremists-in-their-own-words

[teddy51]

1. Yeah, so long as he wasn't the slave everything is great!

[Eleanors38]

2. RW GOPer skid-markin' his way to antebellum fame.nt

[Sugarcoated]

3. Yeah

and don't forget the free boat ride

[arcane1]

4. Yes, if you were a slave in 1770, you just had to be very very patient

[tyne]

5. On a related note:

If OJ hadn't of killed their mother, the kids wouldn't have had such a close relationship with their grandparents.

[struggle4progress]

6. Be sure to catch all fifty episodes of "Blessing in Disguise" this fall, including:

Rape: a blessing in disguise
The Sand Creek Massacre: a blessing in disguise
Lynch Law: a blessing in disguise
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire: a blessing in disguise
Auschwitz: a blessing in disguise

This series is sponsored by Master Race Whitewash

[LeftofObama]

7. Other than the assassination Mrs. Lincoln,

wasn't that a fabulous play?

[lunasun]

8. omg- who would buy this book??

, “Letters to the Editor: Confessions of a Frustrated Conservative.”
So I checked Amazon 4 reviews and at least one person dug it !

review
Jon gets it, and is able to express my feelings as a middle American conservative, who loves our country. He does go to far with the Bush gang but his view is one that is needed today in face or our new administration. Jon and men like him love this country, as I do and hate seeing it CHANGED by men who do not have the same love we(in Middle America)do. Jon writes the letter to the editor, I wish I had written. If more of us had paid attention as Jon did we might be in a more conservative place in this country.
ok

[etherealtruth]

9. On the surface, the comlete stupidity is almost laughable

"And while he sees “the blacks” as a pressing problem facing America, the real threat, he wrote, comes from immigrants, “legal and illegal,” who will eventually have to be rounded up and killed."

This is simply frightening