honestly pointing out that wellerman is a work song about having a shit job with a shit employer and that it isn’t some kind of endorsement of the slave trade is valid and all but like
are we not going to talk about how ridiculous the idea of “cancelling” a song from the 19th century for having problematic themes is
believe me when i say that me and every other egyptologist have been trying to cancel the victorians since forever and we would appreciate the help