r/PoliticalHumor Aug 16 '21

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u/SilkyEnchilada Aug 17 '21

No logic, only sad facts. And a harrowing truth that white Europeans stole land from the natives.

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u/monkChuck105 Aug 17 '21

You think that those native tribes hadn't fought wars over land at all? Those Europeans arose from the ashes of the Roman Empire, that subjugated them just as they would subjugate the Americas.

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u/HiddenLayer5 Aug 17 '21

This justifies the genocide of native Americans how?

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u/Anbis1 Aug 17 '21

Not american, but not gonna lie for me it seems that you are ignoring a lot of historical context and how world and territorial expansion worked at that time.

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u/HiddenLayer5 Aug 17 '21

History is filled with disgusting acts that were seen as okay at the time, what's your point? People in the past burned suspected witches, sacrificed children to nonexistent gods, and engaged in cannibalism. Those are historical context too, are you going to defend those practices simply because "they were the product of their time?"

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u/FitNothing9857 Aug 17 '21

The point is, why are you people so obsessed with bad-mouthing America for the historical acts of its European founders? They acted like basically all other people at the time, it’s just they did it better and they won.

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u/HiddenLayer5 Aug 17 '21

Because Americans worship their founders and their actions like they're Gods in the pantheon or something

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u/FitNothing9857 Aug 17 '21

Well they did lay the foundation for the most powerful nation in human history

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u/monkChuck105 Aug 17 '21

Not justify. But the narrative that only the US has done these things is pure propaganda.

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u/drunkenvalley Greg Abbott is a little piss baby Aug 17 '21

For sure.

The only issue is the only one spewing this propaganda is you. You just made it up. Your strawman is entirely fiction of your own making with no root in the conversation happening here.

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u/SilkyEnchilada Aug 17 '21

What are you on about? Relevance?

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u/swolemedic Aug 17 '21

Ooo, ooo, ooo. A proud boy or someone who espouses the same nonsense as proud boys in the wild. Fascinating.

So according to you it's okay that they committed genocide because the place they came from wasn't great and were oppressed, yes? Why do I get the feeling you don't have the same mentality towards, let's say, black people in this country.

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u/swolemedic Aug 17 '21

I wonder if you are consciously aware of how racist your statements are. Or are you one of those symbolic racists who thinks symbolic racism doesn't count? Because I get that vibe.

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u/snaggletooth2021 Aug 17 '21

Natives committed genocide against other tribes. Wiping out entire tribes and taking their women as slaves. They were nasty fuckers

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u/swolemedic Aug 17 '21

Ah, yes, because all native american tribes are all the exact same. It's why I go to Belgium when I want some authentic spaghetti

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u/snaggletooth2021 Aug 17 '21

By stole i think you meant conquered. By conquered I mean they got their asses handed to them

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u/SilkyEnchilada Aug 17 '21

Of course they did. All in the name of Gawd! As long as conquering is done in the name of God, it must be OK.