I have posted the substance of this year after year, and wasn’t even going to bother this year, with so many Americans so eager to throw their freedom away with both hands, but I decided to do so after all when I saw this cynical tweet from Harris Zafar, who has been unmasked more than once as an opponent of the freedom of speech, as well as a deeply dishonest dissembler about the global jihad. I will not stand by silently as the forces of deception and hatred appropriate America’s foundational principles and pretend that those principles are in accord with their sinister agenda. So here again is why we fight:
Another Independence Day is upon us, and it always bears repeating that the struggle for freedom has not changed, and will not change. It is the eternal struggle over whether human beings will live free, or willingly submit to slavery.
I see slaves seeking slavery, and slaves defending slavery, all over the world today. As those who are standing against tyranny are increasingly branded as “enemies of the people,” demonized, and marginalized, the avoidance of slavery will be harder than ever, and not coming solely from jihad. Nonetheless, the enablers of one are the enablers of the other. I see people defending oppressors and carrying water for bullies and tyrants, and thinking all the while that they’re serving the cause of freedom.
In reality, this is what it is all about. You are either fighting for one thing, or the other. It is always useful to check one’s daily efforts against this, for if you’re not working to advance the cause of one side of this comparison, you’re working to advance the other.
1. Governments deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed.
What we must defend:
“That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed…” — Declaration of Independence
What we must defend it against:
Non-Muslims have “absolutely no right to seize the reins of power in any part of God’s earth nor to direct the collective affairs of human beings according to their own misconceived doctrines.” If they do, “the believers would be under an obligation to do their utmost to dislodge them from political power and to make them live in subservience to the Islamic way of life.” — Syed Abul Ala Maududi, founder of the Pakistani political party Jamaat-e-Islami
2. Equality of rights before the law.
What we must defend:
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” — Declaration of Independence
What we must defend it against:
“The indemnity for the death or injury of a woman is one-half the indemnity paid for a man. The indemnity paid for a Jew or Christian is one-third the indemnity paid for a Muslim. The indemnity paid for a Zoroastrian is one-fifteenth that of a Muslim.” — ‘Umdat al-Salik, o4.9
“Thus if [a] Muslim commits adultery his punishment is 100 lashes, the shaving of his head, and one year of banishment. But if the man is not a Muslim and commits adultery with a Muslim woman his penalty is execution. … Similarly if a Muslim deliberately murders another Muslim he falls under the law of retaliation and must by law be put to death by the next of kin. But if a non-Muslim who dies at the hand of a Muslim has by lifelong habit been a non-Muslim, the penalty of death is not valid. Instead the Muslim murderer must pay a fine and be punished with the lash. … Since Islam regards non-Muslims as on a lower level of belief and conviction, if a Muslim kills a non-Muslim, then his punishment must not be the retaliatory death, since the faith and conviction he possesses is loftier than that of the man slain…Again, the penalties of a non-Muslim guilty of fornication with a Muslim woman are augmented because, in addition to the crime against morality, social duty and religion, he has committed sacrilege, in that he has disgraced a Muslim and thereby cast scorn upon the Muslims in general, and so must be executed. … Islam and its peoples must be above the infidels, and never permit non-Muslims to acquire lordship over them.” — Sultanhussein Tabandeh, A Muslim Commentary on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
3. Freedom of speech
What we must defend:
“Congress shall make no law…abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press…” — First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
What we must defend it against:
“In confronting the Danish cartoons and the Dutch film ‘Fitna’, we sent a clear message to the West regarding the red lines that should not be crossed. As we speak, the official West and its public opinion are all now well-aware of the sensitivities of these issues. They have also started to look seriously into the question of freedom of expression from the perspective of its inherent responsibility, which should not be overlooked.” — Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, secretary general of the 57-nation Organization of the Islamic Conference
“Pakistan will ask the European Union countries to amend laws regarding freedom of expression in order to prevent offensive incidents such as the printing of blasphemous caricatures of Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) and the production of an anti-Islam film by a Dutch legislator…” — Daily Times, June 8, 2008
4. Freedom of religion, and non-establishment of religion
What we must defend:
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…” — First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
What we must defend it against:
“Islam isn’t in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant. The Koran should be the highest authority in America, and Islam the only accepted religion on Earth.” — CAIR co-founder and longtime board chairman Omar Ahmad (he denies saying it, but the original reporter stands by her story)
“I wouldn’t want to create the impression that I wouldn’t like the government of the United States to be Islamic sometime in the future.” — CAIR’s Ibrahim Hooper
The Muslim Brotherhood “must understand that their work in America is a kind of grand Jihad in eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within and ‘sabotaging’ its miserable house by their hands and the hands of the believers so that it is eliminated and Allah’s religion is made victorious over all other religions.” — Mohamed Akram, “An Explanatory Memorandum on the General Strategic Goal for the Group in North America,” May 22, 1991
Never surrender. Never submit. Never be silenced. Freedom and independence forever.
Georg says
Happy 4th, all! Never Surrender!
Champ says
Hear, hear!
Musthava Ram Ram says
No Surrender…the apprentice boys at the gates of Derry … 1688
somehistory says
Thank you, Mr. Spencer.
“Let us approach, with freedom of speech (with boldness), the throne of undeserved kindness (throne of grace) (Hebrews 4:16).”
Those who wish to take this away from us are many and they fight against us having this freedom of speech, and freedom of religion, with unholy weapons. They will not, they cannot, win.
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
Islam rises as America declines. The two phenomena are largely unrelated, but they are interlocked in an important way that will leave a timeless mark on world history upon some future event. The only question is when, exactly where, and how. The who is already known.
Angemon says
Great speech, Mr. Spencer.
Just a heads-up: the link to Truth Revolt is outdated. It reads
http://www.truthrevolt.org/israel-revolt/spencer-free-worlds-willful-ignorance-about-global-jihad
and the current actual link is
http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/spencer-free-worlds-willful-ignorance-about-global-jihad
Papa Whiskey says
5. The right to weaponry
What we must defend:
“… the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.”
— Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
What we must defend it against:
“We shall not mount on saddles, nor shall we gird swords nor bear any kind of arms nor carry them on our- persons.”
— The Pact of Umar, imposed by the caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab upon the conquered Christians of Syria in the 7th Century
The man who attempts, plans, or even wishes to disarm me must be regarded as my mortal enemy. … I, for one, will not be disarmed. Not while I live. Mark that well.
— Jeff Cooper
R. K. MacUalraig says
MOLON LABE.
abad says
Happy Independence Day!
Imagine if Thomas Paine wrote “The Age of Reason” not with the Bible in mind but the Quran in mind, sprinkling quotes from that “Book of Peace”(TM) in his dissertation.
Something for everyone here to think about.
Stay safe everyone!
Karen says
Great article. The sublime contrasted with deception and despair. It feels like a privilege to even read words of such impact; ‘Congress shall make no law’, ‘the consent of the governed’, and ‘we hold these truths to be self-evident’. Principles to be cherished and defended.
Shmooviyet says
May I add a Thank You to Mr. Spencer as well for posting this. “Live Free or Die” is not simply a funny antiquated slogan for a flag or pin, what ever the eye-rollers say.
Happy and Safe 4th July to all– including the eye-rollers.
Stardusty Psyche says
Don’t despair, and thank you Robert Spencer
“I have posted the substance of this year after year, and wasn’t even going to bother this year, with so many Americans so eager to throw their freedom away with both hands”
I don’t always agree with everything you say, but isn’t that just the great freedom so very worth fighting for?
Keep fighting the good fight, dear Sir.
voegelinian says
Stardusty’s support would be Orwellian, were it not feigned (or vice versa…).
JamesonRocks says
Thank you, Robert! Happy July 4th to all,
Westman says
There is only one full-size Statue Of Liberty announcing to the world where Freedom has reigned from the conception of the Republic to the present day; uncontrolled by any ancillary ideology or religion.
It is a beacon set on a hill, giving reference in the darkness to avoid the foundering of civilization upon the rocks of populist dogma, fraternal nepotism, and despotism.
The Kings and despots, secular or religious, will fade into history books while Mother Freedom holds high her promise for art, music for the soul, freedom to choose, freedom to create, freedom to speak, freedom to think, and freedom from oppression by any group, religious or secular.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
Someone with a shaggy face said: “Allah did not create man so that he could have fun. The aim of creation was for mankind to be put to the test through hardship and prayer. An Islamic regime must be serious in every field. There are no jokes in Islam. There is no humor in Islam. There is no fun in Islam. There can be no fun and joy in whatever is serious. …”
Such thinking is Un-American, slave-minded, and deserves no respect in America, the land of the free.
There should be no limit on our willingness to pay whatever the price of our continued freedom, nor should there be any limit, whatsoever, to the price that shall be exacted from those who threaten our Liberty.
Independence forever!
Wellington says
Well said, Westman, though of course free and traditional America has enemies lurking out there, chief among them Islam, leftism and your standard authoritarianism as evidenced by such nations as Russia and China. In fact, and as Dennis Prager has observed, there are really only four major value systems that exist in the world today and which are competing for dominance——-and I have already named all four, three of which, sadly, are enemies of freedom and enlightenment..
R Cole says
To Freedom!!
To Liberty!!
To Equality 4 All!!
Brian says
Happy independence day freedom fighting/loving Americans who refuse to give up a single thing to the cancerous ideology that is Islam GOD BLESS AMERICA and a special thank you to those not willing to live on their knees we are a free society and we must fight for it to remain that way thanks Robert and all patriots who love this country.
No Fear says
I will NOT SUBMIT to Mohammed.
I will NOT SUBMIT to Islam.
I will NOT SUBMIT to Sharia.
Praise be to those such as Pam Geller, Robert Spencer, Gavin Boby, Bill Warner who defend the right of non muslims against the fascist Islam.
abad says
Amen!
gravenimage says
Independence Day: Why we fight
…………………………
*Thank you* for posting this, Robert.
It is important not just to know what we are fighting against, but what we are *fighting for*.
And there will always be cynical opponents of freedom, including supremacist Mohammedans like Harris Zafar and Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, who will try to undermine our liberties, claiming that their evil is compatible or even synonymous with American values.
Kepha says
Yes, happy 4th of July to all!
Gary says
“It is the eternal struggle over whether human beings will live free, or willingly submit to slavery.”
Ramadan: Religious Freedom or the Hotel California – You decide.
TJFreedomjihad says
Hope all had a Happy 4th, likewise.
May America find the determination, and the learned leaders to help inspire us back towards the Republic, and mostly may God give us guidance in our journey…….
May the American public rise in education and caring out of the swamp of the unwashed uncaring.
David says
I believe Americans are a great nation but they get crap governments who only send their sons to get killed in far off lands for bugger all.
What did Vietnam achieve but thousands of young Americans returned in body bags?
What has Iraq achieved except the same?
You Americans need a government which cares about Americans and instead of the $trillions invested in war to invest it in America in universal free health care for all Americans and free education for all Americans and improving your lives.
Why does your government CHOOSE to spend $ trillions on war neglecting the needs of their own people to send Americans to their death????????????
Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan….., when will it end such a war mad government’s addiction to fighting and invading other lands for what result so far?
On this Independance Day I ask you to ask yourself ……what and who does the American government stand for??
It certainly relishes sending off young Americans to die in useless, meaningless wars that cannot be won and throwing good American money at war instead of at its own people.
The American government should be putting the lives and well being of Americans first and it is not. You’re all going broke from all these stupid, senseless wars.
Try to elect someone who wants peace not war and then your economy and lives will improve. But as long as you get governments that want to fight unwinnable wars you’ll go bankrupt and become the beggars of humanity. War means death and debt and there is no gain and no winner.
Independence Day should stand up from the freedom from war, free health care, free education and today Americans have none of these freedoms.
Angemon says
There’s no such thing as “free health care” or “free education” – someone has to foot the bill.
Mirren10 says
David is a Bahai.
He thinks the ‘true koran’ is wonderful. No surprise he can’t figure out there’s no such thing as a free lunch. 🙂
Stardusty Psyche says
Hi David,
May I ask what country you are from? There are some grains of truth to some of your statements but I must say you have a rather inaccurate view of the USA overall.
We lost in Vietnam, and the Vietnamese people have suffered under a repressive dictatorship ever since. Compare South Korea where we prevailed to North Korea, compare Western Europe to Eastern Europe after WWII, consider the wealth-power-feedom of Japan which we forced into surrender.
Where the USA wins the people win. Where we lose the people lose.
Afghanistan was the base for an attack upon the USA and we struck back to bring down the government that facilitated that attack. Since then we have poured billions into Afghanistan in an attempt to foster democracy and freedom, but it is the fundamentalist Islamists that are making those efforts so difficult.
Iraq is highly debatable as to our justification for war and Obama voted against invasion as a US senator, but we did in fact remove a brutal dictator and set up free elections in his place. We clearly liberated the Kurds, but again, it is the fundamentalist Islamists that have been killing and blocking freedom in Iraq. We kept our word an left, not conquering and stealing the oil as was so often the accusation. But within a couple years of our departure the fundamentalist Islamists waged war to replace freedom with a brutal theocracy and the Iraqi government forces turned and ran despite the 10 to 1 advantage we had left them with.
If you think freedom is stupid and senseless then our wars have been stupid and senseless, I think neither.
Mistakes have been made, but the great thing about America is I can say that freely…try saying that publicly about IS in IS.. well, on second thought, don’t, because even though I strongly disagree with you I do not wish any harm to come to you.
We Americans would love to be free from war, but facisim, communisim, Islam, and dictators must be confronted and defeated or we will lose our great freedoms to their murderous and expansionist goals.
And David, we have “free” public education. Every child can attend and is required to attend at no out of pocket cost. We have a multi-tier college system such that students who are motivated can attend higher education which is actually paid for in the main by government, not tuition. As angemon points out, government services are never “free” since they are paid for by taxes. And thanks to our fine president, health care coverage has again been broadened and some important gaps were closed.
Happy independence day, David, and here’s hoping some day the rest of the world will share in our freedom and prosperity.
1Mjihawgbullets says
Please print it again next year! We appreciate you Robert & company and this inspiring Jihad Watch entry of ” why we fight’!
REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR & NEVER FORGET 9/11/01 – Deceit upon innocent humanity always has our sun shining bright light on an evil deceivers dark shadow!
Harinder S Gill says
The constitution of The United States of America and Islam are opposing articles of ideology,one can only abide by one or the other.Muslims in the US thus at best are hypocrites, at worst sleeper Trojans awaiting a collective lahar.Non Muslims beware.
Jeanne Hathaway says
Thank you sir, for reposting Independence Day: Why we fight on 04July15! Excellent article. Great reminder. Copied, shared on Facebook and gave credit to you and jihadwatch.org.
“Never surrender. Never submit. Never be silenced. Freedom and independence forever.”
Jeannine Skead says
I have several American friends and I swear they are not aware of just what is happening in their beautiful land in regards to the very serious Islam terrorist threat. It is happening in my ‘house’ as well but the prevailing lawmakers seem to be happily, willing, blindly led to the slaughterhouse, dragging this founding nation along with them. Sadly enough, these fools were voted into office, to watch over us and look after our interests, by our own hands and probably will be again. Being a ‘good samaritan’ is good, but one should unmask and disarm them first when required.
Stendec says
Robert,
The “enemies of the people” link is broken–gives “page not found” error.
FYI
Angemon says
http://www.truthrevolt.org/israel-revolt/spencer-free-worlds-willful-ignorance-about-global-jihad
Angemon says
Disregard my previous post, the correct link is http://www.truthrevolt.org/news/spencer-free-worlds-willful-ignorance-about-global-jihad
duh_swami says
My ancestors got here early. Some in the 1600’s. They have fought for America and freedom in numerous wars. I am the end result of their efforts. I have no intention of letting them down. Like them, I refuse to submit…there is no other option…’Surrender hell’. I’m thinking of having that tattooed on my forehead…
Myron J. Poltroonian says
When this speech becomes illegal, I’ll become a criminal: “I may become an enemy of the state, but never of the people”. Remember this: “Always aim just below the blue helmet, or at the center of the face mask. No matter what color it is.”
Uncle Vladdi says
Criminals (“liberals” and “muslims”) do indeed love to pretend to be helpless slaves, looking for the perfect alibi of predetermined force to excuse their own criminal desires and actions.
To “liberals” they are the victims – of society, mere products of their environments.
To “muslims,” everyone is proud to be a helpless “slave of unknown, unknowable allah.”
People often ask, these days:
RE: “SINCE THE GOP WON THE RECENT ELECTIONS – WHY ARE THE LIBERALS STILL WINNING?!”
On Arguing With Liberals: “It’s like playing chess with a pigeon; no matter how good I am at chess, the pigeon is just going to knock over the pieces, crap on the board, and strut around like it’s victorious.”
-ANONYMOUS-
Ever try arguing with a liberal? It’s pointless trying to use facts to educate people who have been taught that the truth doesn’t exist! They will always ignore your facts and counter them with emotive feelings and anecdotes.
Having been ‘taught’ (abused by the notion) that there is no real cause and effect (or that it’s too complex to ever be rationally understood) liberals cannot trust them selves to be anything more or less than fallible, helpless and so, potentially dangerous victims.
Their whole attitude is “Since life is too complex to understand cause and effect, all objective facts are really only subjective opinions anyway, so my entirely fact-free opinion is the diversely opposite equal to your silly facts! Whee!”
So, having told themselves there’s never any hope for a rational solution to any pain-causing problems, they indulge their fears AS if they cause pain – they instantly see everything they can fear – all the worst-case scenarios – as if they were inevitable and are all already happening. This is idolatry. So as good “practical” little masochists, they pretend to be able to “control” their fears, BY causing those very same, worst-case scenario problems (like, by “defensively,” “pre-emptively” attacking innocent other people first, just in case, and for their own good, of course) which cause the pains they fear the most.
Usually, this means forming into ever-larger gangs (of fallible, potentially dangerous humans) on order to dilute their own responsibility (“It’s not an evil crime because we – i.e: you – all do it, too!”) and to grant them group-might-made conformist “rights” to remain irresponsibly wrong. In short, such “collectivists” are no more or less than extortionists; criminal gangsters.
And these days, they actually, PROUDLY claim to embrace outright idiocy, to be judged non-compus-mentis (mentally incompetent) as their #1 alibi-excuse for their crimes!
(Remember when John Kerry recently bragged about how Americans have a right and even a duty to remain STUPID!)?
THAT’S WHY THEY ARE “WINNING” THE “ARGUMENT” – BECAUSE AS CRIMINALS, THEY HAVE SET THE PARAMETERS FOR THE “DISCUSSION” SO IT’S NOT A CIVILIZED DISCUSSION AT ALL – NOT A COLLECTIVE SYMBIOTIC ATTEMPT AT COMING TO A RATIONALLY OBJECTIVE SOLUTION TO OUR MUTUAL PROBLEMS, BUT ONLY A SUBJECTIVE EMOTIONAL ARGUMENT OF DOUBLE STANDARDS WHERE THEY WANT TO SCORE POINTS AND “WIN” AGAINST THEIR “ENEMIES!”
THEY ACCUSE, WE DEFENSIVELY RESPOND. THEY KEEP US OFF-BALANCE AND ON THE DEFENSIVE, WHICH POSITIONS US AS PERPETUAL DEFENDANTS IN A PUBLIC TRIAL – AS GUILTY UNTIL NEVER PROVEN INNOCENT!
BECAUSE THEY CLAIM TO BE HELPLESS, STUPID VICTIMS, ANYTHING WE SAY IS “BEING MEAN” AND “PICKING ON THEM!”
AND YET, IT’S THEY WHO (IF ONLY BY ALWAYS ATTACKING US FIRST) ARE ALWAYS THE TRULY GUILTY CRIMINALS.
jasmine says
ISLAM CAN NEVER CO EXIST WITH OTHER FAITHS……THE PRIME DIRECTIVE OF ISLAM IS TO SUBJUGATE THE REST OF THE WORLD TO ISLAM AND SHARIAH.
UNINFORMED PEOPLE THINK THAT IF YOU LEAVE ISLAM ALONE , ISLAM WON’T BOTHER YOU……HOW WRONG. ISLAM IS VERY INTERESTED IN YOU THE INFIDEL
70% PLUS OF ISLAM’S SACRED TEXT IS ABOUT HOW TO FIGHT AND ANNIHILATE EHT KUFFARS /INFIDELS . Muslims in the west fool gullible , clueless christians and jews and
other religion to engage in interfaith dialogue with them while at the same time their co religionists are buning churches, synagogues and temples in muslim majority country.
In muslim majority countries there are no interaith dialogue , on the contrary all other faiths are insulted and subdued and eventually annihilated.
Have you all noticed that in muslim majority countries they never talk about co-existence. Even in so call ‘moderate’ muslim country like malaysia which is a posterboy of so called successful muslim country ( LOL ), muslim supremacists insult all other faiths all the time. They demand that buddhists and hindus built their worship places in islamic style so as to blend in. They want hindus , buddhists and catholics not to build large statues so as not to offend islam, they dont want christians to have crosses on the outside , because they are like vampires and they will shrivel up at the sight of a cross or cruciifix LOL.
Interfaith dialogue only happens in infidel countries where you have lots of clueless goody 2 shoe christians and self loathing jews who wanna win over mohamad and coexist happily with him While the muslims in the west are pretending to have iftaar dinner with the gullible christians, jews and other mindless morons and useful idiots , their co-religionists in muslim majority countries are busy burning churches, temples, syagogues, gurudwaras, beheading pagans .
Here is something THAT EVERYONE CAN DO TO EXPOSE ISLAM IN THE WEST !
HOW ABOUT WRITING LETTERS TO THE EDITORS OF LOCAL NEWSPAPER PERIODICALLY EXPOSING ISLAM. YOU CAN USE THE information in the following 2 links. I am sure the author of the 2 pieces of information do not mind our sharing it with the public, or at the very least you can cite the source to give them credit at the end of your article. Most newspaper will have to print your article unless they are complying with shariah .
http://www.tawfikhamid.com/abcs-test-for-radical-islam/ —- in yr letter ask your local mosque ,Islamic Shool, and Islamic organization to clearly, unambiguously and publically denounce the following concepts:
Apostates killing
Beating women and stoning women to death for adultery
Calling Jews pigs and monkeys.
Declaring war on Non Muslims to spread Islam after offering Non Muslims three options – subjugate to Islam, pay Jizia (a humiliating tax), or be killed.
Enslavement of Other Human Beings.
Fighting and killing Jews before the “End of Days”.
Gay killing.
http://qsociety.org.au/opposing_islam.htm
Why We Oppose Islam
Islam tells Muslims not to integrate into non-Islamic countries
Islamic culture is forced on the host nation
Islam demands that Muslims obey and implement sharia law
Sharia law includes:
Polygamy, with up to fou r wives and an unlimited number of concubines;
Child marriage, as Mohammed (the ‘perfect example’ of mankind) married a 6 year old;
Slavery, as agreed by all four schools of Sunni jurisprudence;
Killing of those who leave Islam, adulterers, blasphemers, critics of Islam and homosexuals;
Women and non-Muslims being second-class citizens and men can legally beat their wives;
Parents going unpunished if they kill their children, making ‘honour killing’ legal;
Punishments such as beheading, whipping, stoning, cutting off hands and throwing off buildings;
The imposition of a humiliating tax on all non-Muslims to support the Islamic ruling class; and
enforcement of Sharia being a right of each Muslim, encouraging vigilante street ‘justice’.
PLS MAKE THIS IDEA GO VIRAL….EVERYBODY SHOULD DO SOMETHING, IF EVERYONE DOES A LITTLE BIT, THEN TOGETHER BY THE BILLIONS AND OVER A SHORT TIME especially thro the power of exponential growth via the internet we will succeed in defeating islam. The age of the internet and the age of information exchange will be the death knell of this hideous excuse for a religion !
Anders Ottmar says
but first you murdered and hunted almost all indians, buffalos and native treasures, proclaiming yourself as “white” and superior. It leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Then you enslaved the africans and packed them as meat in leaking ships and sailed them over half the world to to work them to death for your profit and STILL you haven’t asked for these victins forgivness. You are a disgrace! Go away!