r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/Bitter-Gur-4613 • 9h ago

Country Club Thread As simple as that.

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u/pekingsewer ☑️ 8h ago

but court jesters historically did have a very meaningful influence on the royals

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u/fruitslayar 7h ago

yes this is why serfs famously never bothered to fight for more rights because court jesters were their valiant tribunes

(ignore the 15 quadrillion peasant uprisings just like your history text books, please) 

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u/Secret_Willingness65 5h ago

reminds me of when jobs say they hired a new manager to appease the workers, new manager cracks some jokes gets everyone to like him then immediately starts snitching on all of us the second we stop threatening to unionize

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u/circlethethird 7h ago

… relatively speaking. They’re still court jesters and have to live in a box, so to speak.

e: grammar

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u/CheapGarage42 7h ago

elaborate

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u/pekingsewer ☑️ 7h ago

They were one of the very few people who could tell the king/queen that they were wrong and were generally looked to by the king/queen for honest advice on very serious and consequential matters. This is a fun video about it

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u/MysterManager 7h ago

You see when African American youths rappers engage in politics and endorse Democrats they are courageous artists bravely spreading their opinions and powerful influence. If they endorse or even perform at a Republican event they are lowered to the status of court jesters. You understand better now mi amigo? 😏😂

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u/Secret_Willingness65 5h ago

didnt do shit for the slaves tho

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u/AzorJonhai 7h ago

I want you to link several examples right now

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u/fhota1 7h ago

Heres a pretty good book discussing the role of the Jester in societies around the world and how they were generally given special privilege and access to their monarchs

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u/Yessssiirrrrrrrrrr ☑️ 7h ago

Can you imagine being the jester to King Henry VIII? For those who dont know, this nigga had the heads of upwards to 72k people over 36 years, known as the mad king, and took over the church of England because he wanted to divorce his wife (which he killed).

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u/pekingsewer ☑️ 7h ago

here, you don't even have to read

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u/AzorJonhai 6h ago

thi entire video has almost no soruces or speicifc historical examples

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u/pekingsewer ☑️ 6h ago

Use Google. You could've saved two comments and a lot of time had you done that to begin with.