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5 Shockingly Progressive Ideas from 'Primitive' Cultures

  

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Via:  larry-hampton  •  11 years ago  •  5 comments

5 Shockingly Progressive Ideas from 'Primitive' Cultures
If you view history in time-lapse, it's like a Benny Hill sketch with the ethnic majority zanily scrambling around to the tune of "Yakety Sax," beating the minorities with their shoes ... then brutally raping and murdering them. We're a terrible species, and it's only recently that we've started to accept that we should maybe possibly (kind of) consider accepting each other's differences (a little bit), rather than trying to oppress folks into normality. But that's a faulty assumption: We're not only less progressive today than you might think, but there have been some truly shocking moments of tolerance in history that make the modern world look downright bigoted.

Read more: http://www.cracked.com/article_20474_5-shockingly-progressive-ideas-from-primitive-cultures.html#ixzz2XITmM9ES

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Larry Hampton
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link   seeder  Larry Hampton    11 years ago

Hat tip to Buzz for turning me on to Cracked!

:~)

 
 
 
Buzz of the Orient
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link   Buzz of the Orient    11 years ago

It's a great site. Lots of humour. I've found super articles on classic movies there.

 
 
 
Kavika
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link   Kavika     11 years ago

Enjoyed this article Buzz. Thanks for letting me know about Cracked.

 
 
 
Kavika
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link   Kavika     11 years ago

BTW, I just posted an article on the Two-Spirit people.

 
 
 
Blue Wolf2
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link   Blue Wolf2    11 years ago

They're still having them....have you been watching the Republican House?

 
 

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