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[–] 386 points 3 years ago (7 children)

Do NOT call prageru a "university".

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  • [–] 69 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    I don't understand PragerU... they put out all of this fascist propaganda, but they still have this video up on their YouTube channel that spells out in no uncertain terms that the cause of the civil war was slavery and the south's want to defend a "morally repugnant institution":

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcy7qV-BGF4

    Is this just the one thing they keep out there to point at and say that they're "fair and balanced"?

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  • [–] 17 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    Honestly Youtube sucks. I get flagged for "supporting criminal gang activity" because I had a video about Randy Stair that didn't even paint him in a positive light, most youtubers have to say "unalive" because mentioning death gets them demonetized yet PragerU can just straight up say we need to re-enslave black people and the response is "aww shucks"

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  • [–] 40 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I fucking knew it... Read the headline and came to the comments thinking "it's definitely that shithole PragerU isn't it..."

    Conservatives LOVE projection and they use their victim complex as ammunition. "Libz own the colleges and indoctrinate our youth so it's totally fine now to have our own propaganda university teaching real history!"

    I hate PragerU so much...

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    [–] 78 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Conservatives won't be happy until they've depicted Moses as a villain who deprived the pharaoh of his hard-earned Jewish slaves.

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    [–] 74 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    These videos are approved to be shown to children in Florida.

    I am honestly scared for the next generation of children who believe that slavery wasn't that bad, and whatever other bullshit Prageru preaches

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  • [–] 32 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    The divide between those who eat this bullshit and those who were responsibly raised will be fucking wild. Like think about that one dude in your life that hadn't heard about 'X', a thing that's common knowledge, and how baffling that was but now it's nonstop bafflement with a certain percentage of population.

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  • [–] 21 points 3 years ago (8 children)

    It’ll be like the “States’ Rights” people, but infinitely worse. Being raised in the south, you’re taught that the civil war was over states’ rights, not slavery. That slavery was just the one that historians tended to latch onto, because it’s the most inflammatory topic and makes the south look bad.

    And if you’re a good student and don’t bother to question that, you’ll enter the adult world believing that the south wasn’t fighting for slavery.

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    [–] 70 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    PragerU isn't a university. They just use the word to trick the unwary into thinking they might have a shred of legitimacy.

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    [–] 63 points 3 years ago (11 children)

    Disgusting. They won't be happy until slavery is brought back.

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  • [–] 38 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    It is back via convicts and our prison system

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    [+] 61 points 3 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)
  • [–] 60 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    Does anyone know why they are allowed to call themselves a university when they clearly are just a rightwing propaganda machine? They fooled me for a while thinking that it was a ultra-christian academic institution or something dumb like that but they are not even a daycare. Shouldnt it be illegal to call themselves a university? Its like if i open a bussines and call it a hospital but i only sell herbal teas and suplements, like holly shit.

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    [–] 52 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    These assholes reaaally need to be Twilight Zoned into being slaves so they can see how not a big deal it was firsthand.

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    [–] 49 points 3 years ago* (3 children)

    At some point along the line, Republicans decided that the more someone made liberals angry, the more conservative they were. And now they find themselves defending slavery. The "party of Lincoln".

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    [–] 49 points 3 years ago (7 children)

    They are trying to whitewash slavery because they need it to look good for when they bring it back.

    Welcome to Post Oil Feudalism

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    [–] 45 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    OK if it was no big deal, then you, Dennis Prager, can become a slave.

    What? It's suddenly a big deal? Yeah, thought so, you giant piece of shit.

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  • [–] 45 points 3 years ago

    Despite the name, PragerU is not an academic institution and does not hold classes, does not grant certifications or diplomas, and is not accredited by any recognized body.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PragerU#:~:text=Despite%20the%20name%2C%20PragerU%20is,accredited%20by%20any%20recognized%20body.

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  • [–] 44 points 3 years ago

    Lol of course its PragerU. I remember they had a similar video defending slave-owners a couple years ago, but at least that one was taken down pretty quickly.

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  • [–] 44 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Pretty fuckin' stupid for that video to say that the US began the conversation on ending slavery when the Haitian revolution began in 1802.

    You know, among all of the other fuckin' stupid things in that video.

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  • [–] 29 points 3 years ago

    It was famously already a well established argument by the time of the drafting of the US constitution. The southern states were deathly afraid their ability to keep slaves would be taken away, which was basically the entire driving motivation behind almost everything they did.

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    [+] 41 points 3 years ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)
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    [–] 34 points 3 years ago

    Yeah, for the slave owners maybe. /s

    Fuck Dennis Prager, that smug piece of shit.

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  • [–] 32 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children)

    Santa not being white

    "NOO!! HISTORY AND FACTS MATTERS!!"

    Like seriously. These conservatives are the worst.

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    [–] 31 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I've seen pictures of Frederick Douglass.

    Frederick Douglass did not look like he thought slavery was "no big deal".

    He looked like he'd have beaten your ass to a pulp for even thinking it.

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    [–] 28 points 3 years ago

    Prager isn't even good by the standards of fake youtube universities.

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    [–] 24 points 3 years ago

    Historical revisionism… so hot right now.

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  • [–] 23 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (3 children)

    Along the same lines, but not to this level:

    A few years back, we had a family member who is at a very extreme end of the political spectrum give my kids a book set that they "saw in a facebook ad" that said it was all about wholesome family values. It was called the "Tuttle Twins."

    Not knowing what it was, we started reading them with our kids. The first book we read was fantastic(we read out of order). It talked about pencils, and followed the entire supply chain. Very informational, entertaining, and educational. It wasn't until the 2nd book, and on that the agenda crept in. Funny how when they talked about crime, all of the cartoons of criminals were diverse. When they talked about landscapers and gardeners, they were all depicted as hispanic. It kept getting worse and worse. Talking about education being corrupt, about how much immigration impacted people, and tried to justify a lot of things. We stopped reading early on, but I browsed them all to make sure I wasn't imagining it. Then I googled them, and I realized how bad the propaganda was.

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    [–] 23 points 3 years ago

    There's nothing redeemable about PragerU.

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  • [–] 21 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    PragerU is a think-tank, not a university.

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    [–] 20 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (10 children)

    Conservatives have infested the planet, spreading their diseases of deception, manipulation, bigotry, homophobia, racism, misogyny, antisemitism and xenophobia.

    It is inappropriate to do business or keep relationships with conservatives. Do your part to fight conservatism. Exclude them from your daily life.

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