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Brides And Grooms Who Got Married At A Former Slave Plantation Are Speaking Out About Criticism Of The Venues
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These people are so dumb that it causes me real, physical revulsion. It's amazing what white people can convince themselves of.
It's an important comparison. We need to disavow our history of slavery (and genocide and other various great American traditions) as harshly as Germany disavowed Nazism.
"the civil rights movement was actually about public transportation"
Came in this thread thinking that maybe they would be defending their decision by saying something like "The location is very pretty and we didn't realize the history attached to it" or something like that. It would have been dumb but not *too* bad but noooooppe... She went all in in the other direction instead... Yikes
Living in the Midwest I'm used to barn weddings but I've never even considered people in areas with these plantations would do the same thing with their property... I imagine said people running these venues think it's "unfair" to be criticized for running an identical business model with their property. Poor babies.
If concentration camps were pretty, white people would absolutely be all over that shit.
On the John Oliver show... watch the 40 seconds starting here at 9m.
I mean you can find nice ranch/smaller farm venues that have a modern rustic feel and look great with your photos of mason jar holding the flowers. Chances are they're the same price or cheaper than these plantation venues. I think those being an option pretty much says it all.
It's not about race, but also I want to have a wedding in this place specifically BECAUSE of it's history which was deeply entwined with the enslavement of black people
what a fucking joke
what a fucking joke
I remember when I first heard about this I honestly thought it was parody, or some dark twisted comedy or a social commentary performance art thing. Then I found out how much it happens regularly, and not just weddings.
I'm perfectly happy generalising people who willingly and knowingly have weddings at plantations as white supremacists. No benefit of the doubt for a location that was all about slavery.
Are there any weddings done at former concentration camps?
Gone with the Wind is probably the best piece of propaganda ever made. It really is amazing how warped the knowledge of American history is among most of its people.
And then whines when people rightly point out that history is horrific and evil.
Next thing you're gonna tell me we shouldn't have wedding parties at Auschwitz? Wtf! Snowflakes are unbelievable. Just let the poor people enjoy their plantation weddings, they seem so sad. It's really offensive, where else will they get married? There are barely any other options around.
If that's the case with that property (I am not disputing you... I just don't know a better way of saying this), then good. I wish them success. I hope their guests walk away as better people. If I am in Savannah, I will add it to my list, if for no more reason than to donate.
Reconstruction saw black men voting and getting elected to Congress and state legislatures, along with the prosecution of the original KKK. The compromise of 1877 that ushered in Redeemer Democrats, however...
I mean there's definitely a purpose for keeping these types of places around as a way to remind us of past atrocities in the hopes that doing so will keep us from making similar mistakes in the future
But holding weddings in these locations is completely disrespectful and does nothing to really educate people on the dark history of places like this. If we want to keep these places around, we absolutely can't let them be associated with happiness or joy in any way for reasons that should be super obvious
But holding weddings in these locations is completely disrespectful and does nothing to really educate people on the dark history of places like this. If we want to keep these places around, we absolutely can't let them be associated with happiness or joy in any way for reasons that should be super obvious
It's that "a lot of horrible shit went on here but damn does this place look pretty" thing. Like having a wedding at the pyramids, except far more recent so the negative impact still exists, which is why "no one from that time is alive anymore so whatever" ain't gonna cut it
Man, white people are something else.
Enjoy your wedding and shut the fuck up. Stop trying to justify it with lame ass excuses.
Enjoy your wedding and shut the fuck up. Stop trying to justify it with lame ass excuses.
Yeah, about that...
Negative reviews for plantation tours are a strange hole to go down
As a white man, why on earth would you visit a fucking plantation and expect to hear positive things about about the people who owned people? That was a rhetorical question. This is like getting tour of Auschwitz and being upset that the tour focused on the plight of the jews and not all the...
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Nobody posting here from Europe thinks that's hyperbolic, because that's exactly what that is.
they just want to be smiled upon by their ancestors.
and harken back to the days when they were strong, prosperous, rulers of men.
"Because of the world we live in now..."
Appatently White people lived on a different planet before like 2008.
Appatently White people lived on a different planet before like 2008.