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if you're expecting me to even attempt to justify any person who thinks enough of themselves to own another, no matter what color, nationality, religion, or football team they support you're off track.  the entire prospect is disgusting. 

No, not expecting you to justify it. 
But I think your story was somewhat of a deflection due to the fact that slavery was not ONLY a white phenomenon. There was a symmetry whereas rich people of all races could own slaves, and there were deplorable people of all races who would choose to do so. 
However, there's also an asymmetry. While both whites and blacks could OWN slaves, there was no disagreement over who those slaves would be... And it wasn't whites. While I'm sure there were plenty of deplorable southern whites [and blacks] who would have owned white slaves if it had been possible, that never even seemed to come up. 
Whites aren't excused from being slaveowners just because blacks did it to. And the fact that black slaveowners existed doesn't reduce the level of damage--lingering generations down the road--that slavery and segregation did to those slaves and their descendents. 

Your first two posts on Stone Mountain, before OAM had responded at all:

How are those political? 
It is indeed the Confederate Mt Rushmore. It was even carved by the same guy, iirc. And one of those posts, the second one for those who are counting, was a mere visual aide.
I have a sister in law that lives in Atlanta GA. She is even farther to the left politically than Kathy Griffin. She will enthusiastically boycott any business that even looks at an African American funny. Yet even she takes her kids, one of which was adopted directly from Ethiopia, to Stone Mountain. 
It's a kids' paradise. They love all the rides and the laser show. 

I guess I'm not seeing what you are seeing?

I just think the sub-topic has gone too far, and I can tell you that it is in no way something I envisioned popping up when I created the thread back in January.

Fair enough. 

From my view in the cheap seats, it seems like it's always the same poster that is constantly inserting unprovoked references to "Fox News" or whatever, seemingly for no purpose beyond stirring up a little politically themed board drama for his own amusement.

But then again, what do I know. 

http://opusplaceatlanta.com

In case anyone is interested.

Right next to my office there is a luxury high-rise condo development that just makes no sense for Irvine. In fact, during the housing bust, things got so bad that they were known as the North Korea towers---because there were no lights on at night. 

And as that link points out, the luxury condo living lifestyle seems cool until you get your HOA bill. 

I think there are people who think that these waves of millenials will just be ACHING to live in high-rise towers with everyone else, just like in NYC! And then they put them places where it makes no sense whatsoever...

Which isn't to say that Atlanta is that case, but I wonder if they're somewhat going too far. I'm not sure even Midtown is dense enough to justify this. 

Fair enough.

From my view in the cheap seats, it seems like it's always the same poster that is constantly inserting unprovoked references to "Fox News" or whatever, seemingly for no purpose beyond stirring up a little politically themed board drama for his own amusement.

But then again, what do I know.

I did note the Fox reference. None of the media outlets are any good these days. CNN is the worst by far though. It's pretty hard to find anything these days that is just plain news, without the editorialization. It's bullshit.