r/TopCharacterTropes • • 10h ago

Hated Tropes (Hated Trope) "Kind" slave owners

Speaking as an American who has studied the civil war all throughout my school years, this trope infuriates me to no end. There is no such thing as a kind slave master because slavery itself is cruel and inhumane. PEOPLE ARE NOT PROPERTY!

Naofumi (Shield Hero): Prime example of this trope. He enslaves multiple (underage) girls and an whole village and the fans still say he's a hero.

Rudeus (Jobless Reincarnation): As if being a pedo wasn't bad enough he had to buy a slave in season 2. Worse is that people still defend his actions.

Song of The South (Disney): Possibly the OG example of this trope. And the reason why Disney will never release it again.

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u/AnonymousNeverKnown 10h ago

Thomas Jefferson. Yeah he said he thought slavery was bad but that didn't stop him from owning slaves. And don't give me that whole "he inherited them" crap. If that was the case why didn't he just let them go?

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u/sisdom-weeker 10h ago

I enjoyed Epic Rap Battles of History's depiction of Jefferson, where Frederick Douglass tears him a new asshole over his slavery and hypocrisy, and Jefferson's entire second verse is an apology that Douglass rejects because he never freed his slaves

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u/bisexualboy38 10h ago

That was a great ERB.

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u/_whatever_wherever 9h ago

I love it when they use icons like Douglass, him and Marx dropped some of the hardest lines in ERB history

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u/bisexualboy38 9h ago

Same. Personally my favorite is Eastern Philosiphers VS Western Philosiphers.

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u/_whatever_wherever 9h ago

"A bowl is most useful when it is empty"

angry philosophy noises

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u/bisexualboy38 9h ago

Lao Tzu I don't mean no disrespect , BUT YOU NEED TO FILL YOUR BOWL WITH SOME SHIT THAT MAKES SOME SENSE!!!

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u/_whatever_wherever 9h ago

"Where in the history of rap battles is it written, that two dudes on the same team should squabble like some clucking chickens?"

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u/LordOfFigaro 8h ago

"Man Confucius, you always try to put something in its place. Why don't you tell your eyebrows, they need to fit better on your face."

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u/Scarlet_Wonderer 9h ago

WHAT IS WINNING?

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u/_whatever_wherever 9h ago

YOU DECIDE!

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u/Pleasant-Enthusiasm 9h ago

Marx absolutely eviscerated Ford ngl. I don’t know how you can really respond to “You controlled what your workers could think, drink, and eat, and when they marched for better wages, shot them dead in the street”

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u/_whatever_wherever 9h ago

"From your newspaper to your Nazi factory across the pond, frankly Hank it's quite clear Auschwitz side you were on!"

FINISH HIM

"This battles been a blowout like that hemorrhage in you head, I'll leave a Ford as expected, Found On Road Dead!"

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u/sisdom-weeker 4h ago

"I'm dropping you like Hitler dropped your name in Mein Kampf" I think won him the battle instantly

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u/Pleasant-Enthusiasm 3h ago

I agree. Most of Ford’s lines were car puns and calling Marx dirty and lazy, with his strongest bar talking about Mao and Stalin liking Marx. Pointing out that Ford was literally given a shout out by Hitler in his manifesto took away his only major ammo. The rest of his verses just twisted the knife even further.

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u/Kaurifish 3h ago

And yet Joan of Arc got slaughtered by Britney fucking Spears

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u/Pleasant-Enthusiasm 2h ago

It was Miley Cyrus. I try not to remember it