Just to mention that the people of Africa were farming, raising cattle, building homes, all those skills that slavery supposedly taught them! It's beyond ludicrous!
Stupid old white f*cks trying to justify their position. And, sadly, succeeding with certain groups of other stupid old white f*cks. I keep thinking they'll all die off but these sorts teach their kids who to hate. It just keeps getting passed along.
Lewis Black is my Anger Spirit!! He's a national treasure! I moved to Florida nearly 30 years ago. I came as a dyed in the wool Republican. I voted for Richard Nixon in a mock election in my Citizenship Class in the 3rd grade at my white's only private "academy" in Mississippi. My first real vote was for Reagan. After over 29 years in Florida I switched to being a Democrat. Not because I'm particularly liberal. But my God.....this state...this EFFING state. It started with Jeb Bush in the late 90s and just think about this . We had EIGHT YEARS..... EIGHT FREAKING YEARS of Rick Scott whose health care company HE RAN AS CEO was convicted of the largest Medicare/Medicaid fraud in history, we had this guy for governor for eight years BEFORE we voted in Ron DeSantis. Ron DeSantis is the 21st Century's Florida version of George Wallace. And on top of his denial that slavery was all that bad, he denies the fact that we are beginning to BOIL here in Florida due to Climate Change. I've seen the changes over the last 30 years. Florida is LITERALLY a sad, limp penis surrounded by THREE increasingly hot bodies of water. The Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean and the Atlantic. Just recently at the southern tip of Florida where the Keys begin the water temperature was measure at 101.2 degrees Fahrenheit. When verified it will be the hottest water temperature ever recorded in human history. But hey.....it's ok. Along with the descendents of those slaves who "learned useful skills" from being enslaved, we who live in this sweltering, swampy sad limp penis of a Republican state will also learn a useful skill. We'll learn how to pack a U-Haul and leave.
My thoughts on Florida. “I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.” From: Aliens. Genre: Movies. Who said it?: Ellen Ripley.
@@mr.v3061 They've been twisting it since they lost the war. Google "Lost Cause of the Confederacy" and hopefully you'll understand why we're dealing with this stupidity
Frankly, it sounds like something from a textbook that the Confederacy would have had, if they had been successful. The only difference is that they would probably still have slaves or at the best, an Apartheid type of situation.
My dad passed kinda young (53), and Lewis reminds me so very much of him. He would've been 70 this month, and I like to think he'd still be as much of a firebrand as Lewis as he aged. ❤
My Jewish grand parents and great grandparents learned amazing skills at their Nazi "career development camps" on dieting and weightloss as well as skills in polishing the inside of brass ammunition casings for Hitler's amazing educational and employment services. They were able to use what they learned the rest of their lives. (which for several of them was between 1 and 3 years from the date of their "enrollment/employment")
@@GreatDaneAV all I did was recognize and acknowledge your pain... empathy for other's experiences not personally lived is an issue. Even between groups of people who should have support for each other because of the trauma each has lived. I definitely feel the pain in each story one of my Jewish brothers and sisters tell of their family history. We share a trauma bond in that both our people survived in spite of a horrific history, we are not in a pain competition... if more people would listen with their hearts and minds open...we could deal with all of our painful histories and begin a healing process while teaching the history truthfully so we all learn.....
Chatttel slavery is the most monstrous and appalling type of human bondage. This nation chose that type of slavery to produce the highest revenue returns. And we still haven’t atoned for it, nor have we properly compensated the families that were victimized by it.
"...highest revenue returns." Sadly we took this concept and made it a law for wealthy corporate shareholders to follow.... Our first priority being profit above all else, even at the cost of human life as we see in our past and present.
We could at least start by ACKNOWLEDGING THE SINS...oh gee like genocide of the Indigenous tribes for starters, then Slavery and moving on to the 2nd class citizen treatment of the other POC groups in our American History...
Well said, Brandon. Does anyone know how to send these messages to Lewis? Am brand new to the channel. I needed to hear Black go off on that insane Florida pro-chattel slavery. I know it's Florida, but Jesus. Any help on how to contact him will be appreciated. Take care, all.
Thank you for your rant!! You are 100% on point and these people and their delusions need to be shut down. I’m a teacher and the fact that they are trying to whitewash history is mortifying and enraging.
After teaching history for over 30 years, I am so glad I left the field early because I never would have survived with people telling me what to teach about slavery and the Holocaust. Never doubt the fact that teachers are professionals with years of college research, advanced degrees, practical experience, and intelligence! I earned a masters degree in TEACHING, not education and am so distressed about those who want to make up their own wishful version of the past. Let the PROFESSIONALS teach truth.
I am surprised the dork hasn't said Child Slavery teaches Children to grow and women don't need to go to College because they can educate themselves at home after doing their housework and yard work! He really doesn't want to be President 🌴
Try to keep in mind, the haters will hate because that's their nature, but all of us who love you, love you because of you, because of what you say, because of who you are. Thank you for being there for us in this insane country, thank you for being you.
Thank you Lewis Black for underscoring the stupidity, gall, animus & enmity revealed in the RW’s idea of slavery being a training program! Unf**kingbelievable!
Well thanks to Ron DeSantis telling Florida schools that’s its All fine and dandy to teach the benefits and positives of slavery, Gregg Guttfeld thought it would be okay to tell his Jewish cohost on The Fox 5 about the fine points of The Holocaust…🤦♂️
I love this man. My daughter and I went to see Trevor Noah when he started the Daily Show and as a surprise guest was Mr. Black. We lost our minds……what an extra bonus!!!!
Brilliant and funny! Thank you for calling out the complete cruelty and stupidity of the idea that salvery had any benefits for the slave. Too horrific to realize that people might actually believe that!
That made no sense. Try again. You live in a country where bank accounts were frozen on people who didn't follow the march (i.e. goosesteps) of your leader. Give me a break.
How about our train wreck right here North of the Border? Our country is considered 'completely broken' by 70% people polled and you're lecturing our stronger more prosperous super power neighbor? You just showed Uncle Sam your true colors which are not mine.
@@felixhappy8805 Dead wrong. I drive a very modern FORD and I would never fly something like those vulgar flags in public even if I share that sentiment. You also dodged my message which is no surprise. Keep flailing.
@@ront769 I guess we misunderstand each other. I understand our government is broken. My fear is the US will lose their democracy. There is still 30% that believe Trump’s lies and want to attack Biden for vengeance not for legal wrongs. Trump is twice impeached and twice indicted former President ( with possibly two more to come) and he leads the nomination of the republican party.
I've been replaying this episode in my head all nite. I am outraged and really needed someone to express that publicly. Thank you because all I can sputter Every Day is 'What the fuck!??!
I find it funny that here is the first person who distilled the shock of "the benefits of slavery" into stating that learning of this stage of history is an impetus to do better. Mr. Black, I tip my hat to you.
@@FD-qd7zynot just América brother. Not sure if you’re following world happenings so I’ll remind you: Israel, Ukraine/Russia, France, China/Taiwan, record current temperatures worldwide including ocean temps. Oh let not forget the pandemic barely in the rear view mirror. Much more that’s just the low hanging fruit
@@OscarHernandez-xx2je The rest of the world signed climate accords that your Dear Leader tRump reneged on and pulled the US out of. The reat of.the world believed in Covid science like vaccines and masks. The US lost over 1 million of its people due to lies. The most of any developed country. So yes WTF is Murca doing?
This should bring home to everyone the importance of voting for the people down-ticket, VOTE for School Board, Vote for City Council, Local Judges etc.
The Koch brothers and other right wingers have been funding down ballot races for years. They realize that the cost benefit ratio is tremendous funding local and state races. Think about the influence they have on impressionable children who will grow up into delusional adults who are more likely to vote Republican.
What a logical analysis. The awareness of slavery shouldn't give guilt and trauma, like you said, it (should) lead to astonishment over the appalling madness, and an impetus for civil rights.
Logical. Firstly this was a lie by Harris, and a lazy analysis by Black. This is why Florida did not include the AP AA History in its curriculum. Ironically, this is INCLUDED in the AA curriculum! Read it in context, instead of lazily parroting dogma. Florida only prohibits treating races as being oppressors and oppressed, rather than historical people or groups.
Thank you for speaking what I couldn't say...about Florida's stupid school rule on teaching bs on slavery. Your rant warms my heart from your totally understandable rage. Thank you❤
Keep Ranting. True. Brutal. Hilarious. 😃 Florida is devolving, and the acceptance of slavery is part of that process. Can you do a clip on the "Benefits of Having a Felon and Traitor for a President"? Will tune in for sure. Your Great. 👍
I think you are one the most brilliant people around. PS, here in SC, when I was in elementary school, they taught us that the Africans were slaves in the south because it was too cold in the Northern states for them. I didn't believe it then either.
All I can say is WOW and good for you! I was born in NC. My Dad was military, so I didn't live there long. But all of my Mom's family were NC natives. As a kid, I remember some amazing things they would say. I never comprehended how they could come up with the nonsense. I am glad for you. You You can think critically and independently. It's so needed to solve our nation's problems. The Truth will set us free. It darn sure won't hurt us. Thanks for sharing your story.
Were you taught that, or did you I infer it? It's actually partly true. There were not contiguous portions in the North that had large scale agriculture. Tobacco is grown in Connecticut, near the Mass border, but not in large enough portion. It is "too cold " in that sense. A longer growing season with more cash crops was aligned better with slavery. BTW. This whole rant is based on a Kamela Harris lie
@@usx06240 your rant is stupid. slavery doesn't require large scale agriculture, just as large scale agriculture didn't require slavery. it was a choice made by immoral southern aristocrats and rejected by morally superior northerners, who could have used slaves to run their factories, but didn't. (i'm not going to opine about _how much_ morally superior northerners were, as they had their moral failings as anyone did, but they were morally superior on this issue. that's the only reason for them not having slavery that actually matters.)
Why would anyone give him shit? Lewis Black is now a living legend. Lewis you're part of my Holy Trinity. In the name of the father George Carlin, the son Lewis Black, and the Holy Spirit Robin Williams... Amen
@@sawtooth808 I wish Carlin was still around to publicly address the amount of right-wing weirdos who parrot his words and think he supports their twisted lack of reality.
Hey, Lewis! Your commentary and humor help to ground me in face of this incredible experience that is commonly designated as "life." You are definitely on my list of deserving and challenging saints. Much love from a Dakota (Santee Sioux!) fan!
Thank you Lewis for all that you do for us, to bring us a laugh in this time of sadness. You can't have this many moronic people in one country , and things go good I'm afraid !
Slaves derived from Slavic Indentured Servants. Irish slave trades. Chinese slave trades. European slave trades. Spanish slave trades. English slave trades. Egyptian slave trades. African slave trades. American slave trades. You should try spending 1 month studying the slave trades of this world & its long history. Today there are more people working as salves that at any time in the past!!! It is a 120 Billion Dollar a year business!
Louis I think it's very hard to be funny when you're too busy being appalled. And thank you for all you do. You are the light in the Darkness. Some people just don't realize how dark it is. To me you've always been the best. Thank you
Missing from the family narrative was WHY great grandpa went to Kansas to start over after the Civil War “after he lost his slaves.” Inter generational apologies for all the “benefits” my ancestors inflicted and the wealth of the stolen labor that enriched my folks greatly. I’m not wallowing in white guilt but considering how readily we accept our inherited wealth why don’t we shoulder our legacy debt?
God bless you Lewis Black! You're a living legend and more people should listen to you. You're delivery is unique but you're right on the money with everything you say!! I could hug you right now. 🤗
You are one of my top favorites!! You put everything into perspective with my kinda language. Thank you Lewis for being funny and serious at the same time. Love ya💙
Totally understand the rage...It really sucks when you can't say , "well at least these assholes can't get any worse than this" , because they seem to take it as a personal challenge....
If you say to today’s human colostomy bags known as the Republican Party, “I don’t think it’s possible for you to get any worse” they will go “Challenge accepted, hold my beer”
And the most worrisome thing about this is not just that they said that out loud (which is astounding in itself, really); it's that Republicans genuinely BELIEVE it in their hearts that it's true. THAT thought scares the beJebus out of me
I think for a lot of them it’s actually much worse, they don’t believe it. They know slavery was evil. They know they would be crying foul if it happened to their ancestors. They know they would have been passed reparations through government. They are just so evil they love inflicting pain on people who are different than them in any way they can. While some conservatives are just ignorant, many are simply evil and psychotic and enjoy hurting people. And we need to start calling it like it is.
I'm waiting for a 21st-century Twilight Zone episode where Ron DeSantis walks into a time warp ending up in the pre-Civil War South as an African slave on a plantation picking cotton under the hot sun or in chains being auctioned off at a slave auction.
Then Abbot Appear, Thirsty, Crawling, The Rays of The Blazing Sun, As He Crawls, Seeing His Wheelchair, One Wheel Slowly Turning Slowly, As The Wind Begins To Rise
And when rd used florida taxpayers money to rent buses to take migrants to the airport in Texas and other states and send them to mostly democratic areas ( not florida of course) and having his agents tell them that where they were going was great and that there would be work and a place to live. I thought that there would be an outcry from the large elderly Jewish population of his state because that shit sounded vaguely familiar!!!!
I absolutely love your show Lewis. The start of my day begins with watching your show and coffee in hand. Keep up the great work! I can't wait for the next.
Holy shit, I figured you had a show or something but I didn’t know I could get it on RUclips. Great, loved your stuff on the daily show and am glad you’re still making stuff!
Exectly! Slavery totally bad news. It astounding anyone (much less a 'Board of Education' could even think of the idea of 'the benefits of slavery.' - Your exasperation quite appropriate. These MAGA maniacs way beyond any touchstone of rationality. Keep up the good outrage.
I think this "Board of (indoctrination) Education was appointed by DeSantis. I was going to say "DeSatan," but I think Satan's standing back trying to figure out what's left for him to do.
Having moved to Florida... you clearly do not understand the level of "stupid" many in the state of Floridah are capable of. Lead by our slaveowner in chief, who wants to ban books telling kids to have empathy for others! But he has legislated unlicensed concealed carry, like that will fix anything! It is of course important not to groom kids, unless of course you wish to groom them to be racist unfeeling assh@ts just like DeSanctimonious!
there is so much that needs to be said about what republican lawmakers are doing to this country, unfortunately I can barely start to wrap my head around the last atrocity before they commit the next.
We used to cheer that at school, 40 years ago. Ours went, Akhnaten-ly, “There is but one god! / He is the sun god! / One god / Sun god / Ra! Ra! Ra!” Of course someone there claimed to have invented it, but I wonder if it came from a book. Or is such an obvious rhyme it spontaneously erupts in different places. Or Ra cheers it into our ears if we nap in the sun...
I haven't seen you in many years Lewis Black. Man, you taking me back to real commentary they way only certain comics can deliver. I'm subscribed! Thanks for this. Lately I've been getting soo depressed over all this BS.
DeSantis: I had nothing to do with this - talk to the Board of Education about it. Also DeSantis: Appointed literally every single member of that board!
I'm surprised RdS hasn't yet claimed that the concentration camps taught people "great survival skills". He's crazy enough to pull that information from the schools too 🤬
first time hearing / seeing one of your pod cast / rant cast immediately subscribed and followed :-) thank you for putting the truth out where maybe (doubtful, but hopeful) a mind can be opened to the absurdity that is being thrown at us.
But, Lewis! They DID get free passage to America.😊 Anyway, my neighbor showed me some of your stuff and I have been a fan ever since. I especially liked your bit on the movie, starring, "The guy. You know, The Guy!" I am now 73 and know what exactly you were trying to portray. Keep us laughing. If we stop, we'll cry. Keep on truckin' ! ☮️
I have a neighbor. She is 73 yrs old and is from Alabama. We live in Oregon. Well, she told me one day that the black people in the South were happy and well taken care of when they were slaves. She truly believes this. I was speechless. I found out that she is a Trump supporter as well. I was speechless again. She worked as a psychologist as a career and is now retired. I am still speechless and my mouth is apparently hanging open whenever I think of it. My mind cannot grasp her reality. I told her to read Frederick Douglas books when she gets a chance. We all doubt that she will, but that is all I could tell her.
Dear Mr. Black, you can teach anyone, anything. Really. Small empty room, one cattle prod, extra batteries...can yield results like nothing else. It's all about the motivation!
Something is very special about you - - - You are one of a kind - I am not good at ranting - I love watching you, mainly your accurate truth cause truth might set us free after 7 years of being bombarded with fake news on both side - Slavery top it all - Benefit 😂
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Just to mention that the people of Africa were farming, raising cattle, building homes, all those skills that slavery supposedly taught them! It's beyond ludicrous!
Stupid old white f*cks trying to justify their position. And, sadly, succeeding with certain groups of other stupid old white f*cks. I keep thinking they'll all die off but these sorts teach their kids who to hate. It just keeps getting passed along.
and the skill of rice growing.
Africans had skills, that's why they stole them.
@@divalink007 it's much more devious, as you know. Europeans had skills so that is absolutely a moot point.
@@brandicartee999 Of course it is, but Africans had skills, that's why the evil bastards wanted them...that and they believed they were inferior.
Lewis Black is my Anger Spirit!! He's a national treasure! I moved to Florida nearly 30 years ago. I came as a dyed in the wool Republican. I voted for Richard Nixon in a mock election in my Citizenship Class in the 3rd grade at my white's only private "academy" in Mississippi. My first real vote was for Reagan. After over 29 years in Florida I switched to being a Democrat. Not because I'm particularly liberal. But my God.....this state...this EFFING state. It started with Jeb Bush in the late 90s and just think about this . We had EIGHT YEARS..... EIGHT FREAKING YEARS of Rick Scott whose health care company HE RAN AS CEO was convicted of the largest Medicare/Medicaid fraud in history, we had this guy for governor for eight years BEFORE we voted in Ron DeSantis.
Ron DeSantis is the 21st Century's Florida version of George Wallace. And on top of his denial that slavery was all that bad, he denies the fact that we are beginning to BOIL here in Florida due to Climate Change. I've seen the changes over the last 30 years. Florida is LITERALLY a sad, limp penis surrounded by THREE increasingly hot bodies of water. The Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean and the Atlantic. Just recently at the southern tip of Florida where the Keys begin the water temperature was measure at 101.2 degrees Fahrenheit. When verified it will be the hottest water temperature ever recorded in human history.
But hey.....it's ok. Along with the descendents of those slaves who "learned useful skills" from being enslaved, we who live in this sweltering, swampy sad limp penis of a Republican state will also learn a useful skill. We'll learn how to pack a U-Haul and leave.
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Amen, brother!!!
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My thoughts on Florida. “I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.” From: Aliens. Genre: Movies. Who said it?: Ellen Ripley.
Well said. 👍
"The benefits of slavery" should only be uttered when followed by "for the slave owners"
As a European i'm amazed local government out there in America tried to twist it this way.
@@mr.v3061 They've been twisting it since they lost the war. Google "Lost Cause of the Confederacy" and hopefully you'll understand why we're dealing with this stupidity
ABSOLUTELY, there could be prominent southern families now living off of the physically & spiritually devastating labor of these poor tortured souls.
Frankly, it sounds like something from a textbook that the Confederacy would have had, if they had been successful. The only difference is that they would probably still have slaves or at the best, an Apartheid type of situation.
@@marywood8794 Look up the lost cause of the confederacy. They still wrote the textbook even though they lost.
My dad passed kinda young (53), and Lewis reminds me so very much of him. He would've been 70 this month, and I like to think he'd still be as much of a firebrand as Lewis as he aged. ❤
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My Jewish grand parents and great grandparents learned amazing skills at their Nazi "career development camps" on dieting and weightloss as well as skills in polishing the inside of brass ammunition casings for Hitler's amazing educational and employment services. They were able to use what they learned the rest of their lives. (which for several of them was between 1 and 3 years from the date of their "enrollment/employment")
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@@ToffeeBFli1108 Very kind of you. Thank you. It seems that lately compassion for others is running in short supply.
@@GreatDaneAV all I did was recognize and acknowledge your pain... empathy for other's experiences not personally lived is an issue. Even between groups of people who should have support for each other because of the trauma each has lived. I definitely feel the pain in each story one of my Jewish brothers and sisters tell of their family history. We share a trauma bond in that both our people survived in spite of a horrific history, we are not in a pain competition... if more people would listen with their hearts and minds open...we could deal with all of our painful histories and begin a healing process while teaching the history truthfully so we all learn.....
It sounds like a bad dream, but many believe it and enacted regulations to support it.
Chatttel slavery is the most monstrous and appalling type of human bondage. This nation chose that type of slavery to produce the highest revenue returns. And we still haven’t atoned for it, nor have we properly compensated the families that were victimized by it.
"...highest revenue returns." Sadly we took this concept and made it a law for wealthy corporate shareholders to follow.... Our first priority being profit above all else, even at the cost of human life as we see in our past and present.
We could at least start by ACKNOWLEDGING THE SINS...oh gee like genocide of the Indigenous tribes for starters, then Slavery and moving on to the 2nd class citizen treatment of the other POC groups in our American History...
@@kjellvb1979_100 f#%king percent._
Well said, Brandon. Does anyone know how to send these messages to Lewis? Am brand new to the channel. I needed to hear Black go off on that insane Florida pro-chattel slavery. I know it's Florida, but Jesus. Any help on how to contact him will be appreciated. Take care, all.
As opposed to the slavery the Ottoman Empire imposed on people?
These are the same folks who declare that wearing a face mask is a violation of their 'freedom!' Unbelievable!
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Absolutely astounding.
No. I fought for it.
Lmk if yuh can smell shlt the next time yur in a public restroom, with yur lil blue mask.
Thank you for your rant!! You are 100% on point and these people and their delusions need to be shut down. I’m a teacher and the fact that they are trying to whitewash history is mortifying and enraging.
After teaching history for over 30 years, I am so glad I left the field early because I never would have survived with people telling me what to teach about slavery and the Holocaust. Never doubt the fact that teachers are professionals with years of college research, advanced degrees, practical experience, and intelligence! I earned a masters degree in TEACHING, not education and am so distressed about those who want to make up their own wishful version of the past. Let the PROFESSIONALS teach truth.
As a teacher, you need to UNDERSTAND FACTS and leave your personal beliefs aside.
You can be furious if you like, but you ARE WRONG "teacher".
@@Joe-sg9llWere you also educated in the US Joe?
@@alessandrogambino420The irony of this statement. Why you're not considered the smart one America.
@@Joe-sg9ll Go get your degree and give it a go. Someone taught your sorry ass.
Thank you Lewis for keeping sanity alive.
Thank you Lewis Black for articulating the popular rage. At least I hope it's the popular rage!!
Give me 3 billionaires and 5 politicians as slaves and I will teach them life skills to benefit from.
Thanks Lewis 😅
You're very specific with your numbers, did you have particular billionaires and politicians in mind.🤣
@@wild-hourthegamecat1266 No, I just pulled them outta thin air.
@@iquestion8493 I can help with that list!!!
@@wild-hourthegamecat1266 I hope one of them is Ron "The Krampus"
I am surprised the dork hasn't said Child Slavery teaches Children to grow and women don't need to go to College because they can educate themselves at home after doing their housework and yard work! He really doesn't want to be President 🌴
Try to keep in mind, the haters will hate because that's their nature, but all of us who love you, love you because of you, because of what you say, because of who you are. Thank you for being there for us in this insane country, thank you for being you.
well put, my friend. Thank you.
Thank you Lewis Black for underscoring the stupidity, gall, animus & enmity revealed in the RW’s idea of slavery being a training program! Unf**kingbelievable!
Well thanks to Ron DeSantis telling Florida schools that’s its All fine and dandy to teach the benefits and positives of slavery, Gregg Guttfeld thought it would be okay to tell his Jewish cohost on The Fox 5 about the fine points of The Holocaust…🤦♂️
I know, right? I almost spit out my liver when I first heard about that.
the nationwide AP curriculum says the EXACT SAME THING> Sigh.
It actually isn't that rare to hear self-professed Left wingers say much the same thing after a few cocktails.
Clearly an internship.
I love this man. My daughter and I went to see Trevor Noah when he started the Daily Show and as a surprise guest was Mr. Black. We lost our minds……what an extra bonus!!!!
Not a fan of Trevor 😢
The UK has Jonathan Pie. The US has Lewis Black. I love both you guys!🇺🇸🇬🇧
Brilliant and funny! Thank you for calling out the complete cruelty and stupidity of the idea that salvery had any benefits for the slave. Too horrific to realize that people might actually believe that!
Would you rather be a slave in Africa or America?
Mental gymnastics.
The lousy Bible proclaimed slavery as the natural order of things.So glad that awful book was banned in Utah.
@@matplot6170Is that a serious question?
As a Canadian watching your USA train wreck I have two comments:
1. It’s about time people start speaking out and
2. The World IS watching
That made no sense. Try again. You live in a country where bank accounts were frozen on people who didn't follow the march (i.e. goosesteps) of your leader. Give me a break.
How about our train wreck right here North of the Border? Our country is considered 'completely broken' by 70% people polled and you're lecturing our stronger more prosperous super power neighbor? You just showed Uncle Sam your true colors which are not mine.
@@ront769 IMO justice matters, full stop. If I had to guess: I would imagine you drive a Dodge Ram and it has a F$ck Trudeau sticker on it.
@@felixhappy8805 Dead wrong. I drive a very modern FORD and I would never fly something like those vulgar flags in public even if I share that sentiment. You also dodged my message which is no surprise. Keep flailing.
@@ront769 I guess we misunderstand each other. I understand our government is broken. My fear is the US will lose their democracy. There is still 30% that believe Trump’s lies and want to attack Biden for vengeance not for legal wrongs. Trump is twice impeached and twice indicted former President ( with possibly two more to come) and he leads the nomination of the republican party.
I've been replaying this episode in my head all nite. I am outraged and really needed someone to express that publicly. Thank you because all I can sputter Every Day is 'What the fuck!??!
You and your truth are so needed in this era of insanity. I love you Lewis Black, you make me believe there is hope for the world. xoxoxo
I cried when I heard this for myself and ancestors thank you for understanding.
I find it funny that here is the first person who distilled the shock of "the benefits of slavery" into stating that learning of this stage of history is an impetus to do better.
Mr. Black, I tip my hat to you.
Me too
Great rant!!! This world is at a WTF point. Thanks for your generous podcasts
And buckle up, because when 2024 hits, we’re going to be in for “a bumpy f…ing ride”
Yes the world is at a WTF point with America.
@@FD-qd7zynot just América brother. Not sure if you’re following world happenings so I’ll remind you: Israel, Ukraine/Russia, France, China/Taiwan, record current temperatures worldwide including ocean temps. Oh let not forget the pandemic barely in the rear view mirror. Much more that’s just the low hanging fruit
@@OscarHernandez-xx2je The rest of the world signed climate accords that your Dear Leader tRump reneged on and pulled the US out of. The reat of.the world believed in Covid science like vaccines and masks. The US lost over 1 million of its people due to lies. The most of any developed country. So yes WTF is Murca doing?
It sure is, I shake my head everyday struggling to understand how so many people are crazy & dumb, it hurts my head 😢
This should bring home to everyone the importance of voting for the people down-ticket, VOTE for School Board, Vote for City Council, Local Judges etc.
Inform Ron DeThesantos that global warming is going to take care of everything. Trump has a big brain, you have littoe brain 😂😂😂
The Koch brothers and other right wingers have been funding down ballot races for years. They realize that the cost benefit ratio is tremendous funding local and state races.
Think about the influence they have on impressionable children who will grow up into delusional adults who are more likely to vote Republican.
This is the way !!!!!!
This curriculum was written largely by black scholars and is part of the AP. You are 100% wrong. You probably think you can't say gay in Florida
@@usx06240 Which Black scholars??? Show me the papers where it was written.
it's not just what is being done to the children, it's the what these children - now grown - will do to our future.
Lewis, your rants are always spot on. I've followed you for decades and respect your intelligence & compassion.
Lewis, you are among my favorite stand up comedians and actors! Your truth to power rants are truly inspiring!
Lewis Black for President❣
What a logical analysis. The awareness of slavery shouldn't give guilt and trauma, like you said, it (should) lead to astonishment over the appalling madness, and an impetus for civil rights.
Logical. Firstly this was a lie by Harris, and a lazy analysis by Black. This is why Florida did not include the AP AA History in its curriculum. Ironically, this is INCLUDED in the AA curriculum! Read it in context, instead of lazily parroting dogma. Florida only prohibits treating races as being oppressors and oppressed, rather than historical people or groups.
Thank you for speaking what I couldn't say...about Florida's stupid school rule on teaching bs on slavery. Your rant warms my heart from your totally understandable rage. Thank you❤
Great work Black. You are doing your ministry. Blessings 💞🙏
Keep Ranting. True. Brutal. Hilarious. 😃
Florida is devolving, and the acceptance of slavery is part of that process.
Can you do a clip on the "Benefits of Having a Felon and Traitor for a President"? Will tune in for sure. Your Great. 👍
I think you are one the most brilliant people around. PS, here in SC, when I was in elementary school, they taught us that the Africans were slaves in the south because it was too cold in the Northern states for them. I didn't believe it then either.
All I can say is WOW and good for you! I was born in NC. My Dad was military, so I didn't live there long. But all of my Mom's family were NC natives. As a kid, I remember some amazing things they would say. I never comprehended how they could come up with the nonsense. I am glad for you. You You can think critically and independently. It's so needed to solve our nation's problems. The Truth will set us free. It darn sure won't hurt us. Thanks for sharing your story.
Were you taught that, or did you I infer it? It's actually partly true. There were not contiguous portions in the North that had large scale agriculture. Tobacco is grown in Connecticut, near the Mass border, but not in large enough portion. It is "too cold " in that sense. A longer growing season with more cash crops was aligned better with slavery. BTW. This whole rant is based on a Kamela Harris lie
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your rant is stupid. slavery doesn't require large scale agriculture, just as large scale agriculture didn't require slavery. it was a choice made by immoral southern aristocrats and rejected by morally superior northerners, who could have used slaves to run their factories, but didn't. (i'm not going to opine about _how much_ morally superior northerners were, as they had their moral failings as anyone did, but they were morally superior on this issue. that's the only reason for them not having slavery that actually matters.)
@@usx06240 lunatic
Why would anyone give him shit? Lewis Black is now a living legend. Lewis you're part of my Holy Trinity. In the name of the father George Carlin, the son Lewis Black, and the Holy Spirit Robin Williams... Amen
If only George Carlin, and Robin Williams were here to witness what is going on _now_ .
@@sawtooth808 *oof.*
@@sawtooth808 I wish Carlin was still around to publicly address the amount of right-wing weirdos who parrot his words and think he supports their twisted lack of reality.
Amen
Amen, amen!🙏
Lewis, we love you brother .
Hey, Lewis! Your commentary and humor help to ground me in face of this incredible experience that is commonly designated as "life." You are definitely on my list of deserving and challenging saints. Much love from a Dakota (Santee Sioux!) fan!
Thanks Lewis , you’ve said it All . Peace to you and all your loved ones .
The best part is when he thanks people for telling him what a piece of shit he is ... ha ha ha
I'm thankful that you are still willing to be the voice of reason. Love your commentary.
Thank you Lewis for all that you do for us, to bring us a laugh in this time of sadness. You can't have this many moronic people in one country , and things go good I'm afraid !
Slaves derived from Slavic Indentured Servants.
Irish slave trades.
Chinese slave trades.
European slave trades.
Spanish slave trades.
English slave trades.
Egyptian slave trades.
African slave trades.
American slave trades.
You should try spending 1 month studying the slave trades of this world & its long history.
Today there are more people working as salves that at any time in the past!!!
It is a 120 Billion Dollar a year business!
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Louis I think it's very hard to be funny when you're too busy being appalled. And thank you for all you do. You are the light in the Darkness. Some people just don't realize how dark it is. To me you've always been the best. Thank you
Take that back.
No one calls me Yuk's Deluxe.
@@BoogieBoogsForeverI'm sorry for a moment there I thought I was somebody.
Retraction granted.
My wife and I had a chance to see your act live here in San Antonio, Texas. Your act "slayed" that night. Thank you.
Lewis Black is a national treasure.
Thanks Lew.
Missing from the family narrative was WHY great grandpa went to Kansas to start over after the Civil War “after he lost his slaves.”
Inter generational apologies for all the “benefits” my ancestors inflicted and the wealth of the stolen labor that enriched my folks greatly.
I’m not wallowing in white guilt but considering how readily we accept our inherited wealth why don’t we shoulder our legacy debt?
Well said.
WORD!
You get it
you are lame ... most people do not have inherited wealth
Thank you for the courage to be honest!
Lewis - Love your rants. Spot on, as always. Thank you.
i recently saw someone reacting to a George Carlin bit, and calling George Carlin WOKE, i fell outta my god damn chait laughing so fucking hard
Dude so happy to be seeing you again. You are one of the greatest Americans ever - and of course you have my subscription. America needs you!
God bless you Lewis Black! You're a living legend and more people should listen to you. You're delivery is unique but you're right on the money with everything you say!! I could hug you right now. 🤗
Love you Lewis and thank you for speaking on what so many of us are feeling. I am a devoted fan.
You are one of my top favorites!! You put everything into perspective with my kinda language. Thank you Lewis for being funny and serious at the same time. Love ya💙
Lewis I know it’s so difficult to find humor in anything happening now but YOU DO! Yay Lewis!
THE TRUTH IS IN THE JESTERS. They are the brightest and most courageous. Love you, Mr. Black.
Thank you, Mr. Black, for giving us access to your rants! Love them and appreciate you!
Totally understand the rage...It really sucks when you can't say , "well at least these assholes can't get any worse than this" , because they seem to take it as a personal challenge....
If you say to today’s human colostomy bags known as the Republican Party, “I don’t think it’s possible for you to get any worse” they will go “Challenge accepted, hold my beer”
@@sawtooth808Those colostomy bags will definitely explode depending on the beer in question.
And the most worrisome thing about this is not just that they said that out loud (which is astounding in itself, really); it's that Republicans genuinely BELIEVE it in their hearts that it's true. THAT thought scares the beJebus out of me
And, Having Escaped, All TO Well, Understand
I think for a lot of them it’s actually much worse, they don’t believe it. They know slavery was evil. They know they would be crying foul if it happened to their ancestors. They know they would have been passed reparations through government.
They are just so evil they love inflicting pain on people who are different than them in any way they can. While some conservatives are just ignorant, many are simply evil and psychotic and enjoy hurting people. And we need to start calling it like it is.
Love you Lewis! Only person with any common sense! Love you and Kathleen together!❤
he not only speaks his mind but also my mind too! thanks.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 Thank you for this rant Mr Black!!!! ❤❤❤❤. Unfortunately I am a Florida resident. DeSatan is turning Florida into a real hell hole 😩
I'm waiting for a 21st-century Twilight Zone episode where Ron DeSantis walks into a time warp ending up in the pre-Civil War South as an African slave on a plantation picking cotton under the hot sun or in chains being auctioned off at a slave auction.
lol
Then Abbot Appear, Thirsty, Crawling, The Rays of The Blazing Sun, As He Crawls, Seeing His Wheelchair,
One Wheel Slowly Turning Slowly, As The Wind Begins To Rise
That's fuckin great!!!!
And when rd used florida taxpayers money to rent buses to take migrants to the airport in Texas and other states and send them to mostly democratic areas ( not florida of course) and having his agents tell them that where they were going was great and that there would be work and a place to live. I thought that there would be an outcry from the large elderly Jewish population of his state because that shit sounded vaguely familiar!!!!
@@drone521 One Might Have Thought. Be Well
This man is a treasure
Lewis, if people are saying you’re a piece of shit… I would take that as the greatest compliment that you could ever get lol! 😮 😂😂😂
That means, you are doing your job. ❤
Mr. Black, you are the greatest!!
I'm sure Ken Burns is diligently working on the sequel to his Civil War series called "The Benefits of Slavery".
Lewis is an empath with a great sense of humor.
I knew this was going to be good the moment I saw the thumbnail and the title. God bless you, Lewis! Keep screaming sanity!
I absolutely love your show Lewis. The start of my day begins with watching your show and coffee in hand. Keep up the great work! I can't wait for the next.
Holy shit, I figured you had a show or something but I didn’t know I could get it on RUclips. Great, loved your stuff on the daily show and am glad you’re still making stuff!
You've been one of my favorite comedians for years! Still funny man! Love Kathleen too! Powerhouse of hilarious!
There were lots of benefits of slavery, none of them for the slaves
Exectly! Slavery totally bad news. It astounding anyone (much less a 'Board of Education' could even think of the idea of 'the benefits of slavery.' - Your exasperation quite appropriate. These MAGA maniacs way beyond any touchstone of rationality. Keep up the good outrage.
I think this "Board of (indoctrination) Education was appointed by DeSantis. I was going to say "DeSatan," but I think Satan's standing back trying to figure out what's left for him to do.
it was the democrats who advocated slavery in mid 1800s not current republicans
Having moved to Florida... you clearly do not understand the level of "stupid" many in the state of Floridah are capable of. Lead by our slaveowner in chief, who wants to ban books telling kids to have empathy for others! But he has legislated unlicensed concealed carry, like that will fix anything! It is of course important not to groom kids, unless of course you wish to groom them to be racist unfeeling assh@ts just like DeSanctimonious!
in the long run, it would have been cheaper for white people to pick their own cotton
Lewis, you are a smart guy and we need your comedy now more than ever...
This must be in the series of "how to get the perfect summer body through cholera". 😂 Keep up the good rant-work
Lewis, I have never seen such a serious rant. It's the most funniest rent I've ever seen. Thank you Mr. Black, wonderful video as always
I love you, Lewis. Your voice matters. Rant On!
there is so much that needs to be said about what republican lawmakers are doing to this country, unfortunately I can barely start to wrap my head around the last atrocity before they commit the next.
Heard this cheer chant ages ago at a Science Fiction club and have never forgotten it:
'Hail to the Sun God!
He is a Fun God!
Ra!
Ra!
Ra-Ra-Ra!'
We used to cheer that at school, 40 years ago. Ours went, Akhnaten-ly, “There is but one god! / He is the sun god! / One god / Sun god / Ra! Ra! Ra!” Of course someone there claimed to have invented it, but I wonder if it came from a book. Or is such an obvious rhyme it spontaneously erupts in different places. Or Ra cheers it into our ears if we nap in the sun...
It’s printed in the Principia Discordia.
I haven't seen you in many years Lewis Black. Man, you taking me back to real commentary they way only certain comics can deliver. I'm subscribed!
Thanks for this. Lately I've been getting soo depressed over all this BS.
Thank you Sir for understanding the importance and urgency of this matter!
Lewis.... You are my spirit animal. I seriously love you.
Hahahahaha 😂 I just found your channel and it’s everything I was missing in life! 😂❤ Thank you for this! And to all the people who sent you rants! 😂
Thanks for your rants, I love them. I’ve been watching you for years and am a true fan. I just love truth telling mature, smart adults.
I am glad to have tripped over this. Thank you.
DeSantis: I had nothing to do with this - talk to the Board of Education about it.
Also DeSantis: Appointed literally every single member of that board!
Bwahahahahahahaha ohh, f… 🤦♂️
I'm surprised RdS hasn't yet claimed that the concentration camps taught people "great survival skills". He's crazy enough to pull that information from the schools too 🤬
The cc's also helped people to lose weight.
They keep praising Holocaust denier Mel Gibson.
He most certainly has claimed that teaching about the holocaust is "woke indoctrination".
That’s a rant. Well done!! Also, “ topiary clouds “- love that! Makes me think of the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man with scissor- hands….,
first time hearing / seeing one of your pod cast / rant cast immediately subscribed and followed :-) thank you for putting the truth out where maybe (doubtful, but hopeful) a mind can be opened to the absurdity that is being thrown at us.
Was such an honor meeting you sir. I love your rants.
But, Lewis! They DID get free passage to America.😊 Anyway, my neighbor showed me some of your stuff and I have been a fan ever since. I especially liked your bit on the movie, starring, "The guy. You know, The Guy!" I am now 73 and know what exactly you were trying to portray. Keep us laughing. If we stop, we'll cry. Keep on truckin' ! ☮️
Well, Lewis, Tragically I Need You was just excellent so I had to watch it twice.
I have a neighbor. She is 73 yrs old and is from Alabama. We live in Oregon. Well, she told me one day that the black people in the South were happy and well taken care of when they were slaves. She truly believes this. I was speechless. I found out that she is a Trump supporter as well. I was speechless again. She worked as a psychologist as a career and is now retired. I am still speechless and my mouth is apparently hanging open whenever I think of it. My mind cannot grasp her reality. I told her to read Frederick Douglas books when she gets a chance. We all doubt that she will, but that is all I could tell her.
These people don't read, so don't hold your breath.
Wow, just wow.
I hear you Mr Black, please carry on.
Thank you Mr Black for your honesty, truth,common sense education 👏 and good man thank you
You the man Lewis!
Fantastic, excellent job Lewis! Loved your ideas about using AI for climate change and moving clouds around into topiary. Beautiful and brilliant
Thank you Lewis for your honesty and comedy.
Thanks Mr. Black! This was brilliant. Keep up the good work.
I was given tickets to see you here in Jacksonville, FL in December. Thank you for coming to give us comic relief here in the 1880s.
Dear Mr. Black, you can teach anyone, anything. Really. Small empty room, one cattle prod, extra batteries...can yield results like nothing else. It's all about the motivation!
“Put a chip in their head. Cut out teaching” Jesus, don’t give them any ideas!
Something is very special about you - - -
You are one of a kind - I am not good at ranting - I love watching you, mainly your accurate truth
cause truth might set us free after 7 years of being bombarded with fake news on both side - Slavery top it all - Benefit 😂
Mr. Black you are a national treasure!❤
Mr Black you are a National Treasure sir, thanks for your service!
Thank you Lewis!