“We are sending a signal across the nation and to the global community that we make these changes in the spirit of truth-telling,” Council Member Alondra Cano said ahead of the Council meeting.
“Now that we have established Indigenous People's Day, every child -- whether that child is native or whether that child is not -- will learn the truth about where America really comes from," added U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison.
Originally Posted by philfree:
I'm pretty sure the Indians in North America had wars between the different tribes and stole each others women and raped them and made them slaves. Murdered the little boys too. What happened to the American Indians was a travesty but let's not pretend they were living in utopia.
True.
Anyone ever heard of the Cesopians? Yeah...the Chesapeake Bay is named after them. The Powhatans had wiped them out and done exactly that when John Smith got here. [Reply]
Anyone ever heard of the Cesopians? Yeah...the Chesapeake Bay is named after them. The Powhatans had wiped them out and done exactly that when John Smith got here.
Anyone ever heard of the Cesopians? Yeah...the Chesapeake Bay is named after them. The Powhatans had wiped them out and done exactly that when John Smith got here.
Chesepians.
And the fact that they warred with each just proves that they were humans. Nearly every civilization on the planet has raided their neighbors at some point, even committing what we would deem horrific war crimes in the process. That doesn't make them undeserving of commemoration. [Reply]
And the fact that they warred with each just proves that they were humans. Nearly every civilization on the planet has raided their neighbors at some point, even committing what we would deem horrific war crimes in the process. That doesn't make them undeserving of commemoration.
I like to call it "man's inhumanity to man." That way more than one race or group is NOT exempt. Sad it's still going on.
Originally Posted by WhiteWhale:
I learned this in high school and argue about it with liberals all the time.
There is not a single documented case of this happening. The only example was anecdotal... where a military man claimed he did it... but again... not a single person verified and several denied it. It was debunked over 100 years ago... yet we were still teaching it in the 90's.
Not a shred of evidence people intentionally infected natives with blankets... but people believe it because people don't fact check. I ask the people I argue with to show me a single verified historical example and all they do is reassert that it happened without any evidence.
That's not to say it couldn't have happened, but is sure shows that the idea that it was some kind of government initiative has essentially been proven to be nothing more than horse shit.
Apparently there are documents that insinuate that the British did it to Americans and Native Americans:
The smallpox blankets at Fort Pitt is one of those things that spurs many arguments among historians. I am pretty well convinced that it was at least attempted, but smallpox was already running through the Native American ranks, and it's inconclusive whether the blankets exacerbated the spread. Obviously there was no medical inquiry.
Either way, most people have this image of American expansionists spreading the blankets up and down the frontier. That's obviously a wild exaggeration; what I usually tell people is that it happened at most one time, and it wasn't by Americans. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Garcia Bronco:
No idea. NAtive Americans were neither noble or compassionate people. In fact when my first ancestor got here they were engaged in genocide between tribes
Facts will never work with white libs. They have a guilt complex that will never wash away. It is sad and pathetic.
As to minorities: They hate Columbus because he's a white symbol, no diff than the Confederate Flag or NASCAR or the Founding Fathers or....in the future......Reagan.
Second prediction: In 50 years Mt Rushmore will no longer exist [Reply]
