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Robert J. O'Neil is a weird weird dude (lemmy.world)
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[–] 71 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Apparently one too many people called him gay over this: he posted a tiktok a short while ago saying he meant what he said and "concubine" basically means slave, apparently hoping the people who follow him don't know better.

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  • [–] 32 points 2 years ago

    Maybe he picked that up in Afghanistan, warlords there keep young boys as concubines and might be disinclined to admit to a random US soldier that the boys all over their compound are sex slaves, so “slaves” is the “softer” term.

    Of course, that means that this dude is a-ok with bringing slavery back, so…

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