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    Ben Norton‏Verified account @BenjaminNorton 23 Jun 2017

    Richard Dawkins literally had African servants while growing up in British-colonized Africa. This should be pointed out more oftenpic.twitter.com/itiPvr3YxR

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      2. Ben Norton‏Verified account @BenjaminNorton 24 Jun 2017
        Replying to @BenjaminNorton

        Racist "New Atheist" leader Richard Dawkins had African servants while growing up in British colonieshttp://bennorton.com/richard-dawkins-had-african-servants-while-growing-up-in-british-colonies/ …

        98 replies 78 retweets 119 likes
      3. Kevin Dacombe‏ @KevinDacombe 24 Jun 2017
        Replying to @BenjaminNorton @raymonddelauney

        He was a child.

        5 replies 4 retweets 267 likes
      4. pickwick‏ @pickwickpick 24 Jun 2017
        Replying to @KevinDacombe @BenjaminNorton @raymonddelauney

        Yes, but it still shines a lot of light on his world view and attitudes to other races.

        20 replies 3 retweets 45 likes
      5. mirax‏ @miraxpath 24 Jun 2017
        Replying to @pickwickpick @KevinDacombe and

        No it doesn't. Many of your ding light 'socialists' come from privileged backgrounds but you don't do a hatchet job on them. Why?

        4 replies 3 retweets 22 likes
      6. mirax‏ @miraxpath 24 Jun 2017
        Replying to @miraxpath @pickwickpick and

        Typo. Leading lights duh!

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      7. Elmer‏ @Ka_dos 24 Jun 2017
        Replying to @miraxpath @pickwickpick and

        Sounds better with the typo

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      8. mirax‏ @miraxpath 24 Jun 2017
        Replying to @Ka_dos @pickwickpick and

        Haha. They ARE a bunch of dimwits punching above ... their intellectual weight.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      2. Christoph‏ @Halalcoholism 24 Jun 2017
        Replying to @BenjaminNorton

        Ben Norton literally has no idea of how rich or middle class people live in non-Western countries. This should be pointed out more often.pic.twitter.com/zBzRQ9Xhr0

        1 reply 22 retweets 102 likes
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      2. kcz‏ @kcz100 23 Jun 2017
        Replying to @BenjaminNorton

        The privileged choose to be blind re their exploitation of the unprivileged, as Orwell shows in Burma Days, and like me in Gone w the Wind.

        2 replies 2 retweets 17 likes
      3. kcz‏ @kcz100 24 Jun 2017
        Replying to @kcz100 @BenjaminNorton

        ((Sorry George, I know it's "Burmese" not "Burma". The heat is still stifling ...))

        0 replies 2 retweets 6 likes
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      2. JJ Barnes  🦋‏ @JudieannRose 23 Jun 2017
        Replying to @BenjaminNorton @AjuvReezun

        "Loyally accompanied" i.e. Forced.

        6 replies 0 retweets 18 likes
      3. Darius "The Druid" Sasan 🧐‏ @DariusDruid 25 Jun 2017
        Replying to @JudieannRose @BenjaminNorton @AjuvReezun

        Google the words "servant" and then the word "slave" and then realize how foolish you sound.

        2 replies 0 retweets 12 likes
      4. JJ Barnes  🦋‏ @JudieannRose 25 Jun 2017
        Replying to @DariusDruid @BenjaminNorton @AjuvReezun

        Yes sir whatever you say sir.

        4 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
      5. Darius "The Druid" Sasan 🧐‏ @DariusDruid 25 Jun 2017
        Replying to @JudieannRose @BenjaminNorton @AjuvReezun

        Servant "a person who performs duties for others, especially a person EMPLOYED in a house on domestic duties or as a personal attendant."

        1 reply 0 retweets 9 likes
      6. Bronson Grey‏ @GreyBronson 25 Jun 2017
        Replying to @DariusDruid @JudieannRose and

        Devoted: having strong love or loyalty for something or someone. They just did their job well and he reduces it. Foh...loved him

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. Darius "The Druid" Sasan 🧐‏ @DariusDruid 25 Jun 2017
        Replying to @GreyBronson @JudieannRose and

        You have no earthly idea how he felt about them. The point is he wasn't forced to do it. He was legally employed. Could have quit.

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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      2. Mark Boyd‏ @Trocchiboy 24 Jun 2017
        Replying to @BenjaminNorton @makeupnmorphine

        So his parents were shits ... and ?

        5 replies 0 retweets 11 likes
      3. Graffitics‏ @squigglenot 24 Jun 2017
        Replying to @Trocchiboy @BenjaminNorton @makeupnmorphine

        Yeah, those arseholes should have got themselve proper white british butlers and not coloured ones.

        1 reply 0 retweets 39 likes
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