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And just like everybody else, you forgot the Native Americans.
You know, the ones that they're trying to remove their citizenship based on some 140-year-old law that has already been superseded by other better law?
I really, really, don't understand how/why Native Americans are treated so bad. It makes no sense to me. Then their artifacts and regalia will be copied or sold for top dollar. It's insane.
They want the land
Oh shit, why hadn't that come up in my head? You're right. I'm dumb.
I think it's more about getting revenge on successful casino owners when the carrot in chief has failed multiple casinos.
And also about getting rid of the loudest objectors to all of the oil pipe lines.
Reservation land is typically pretty terrible. I'm from Pine Ridge and that is a fucking poverty hellscape of a place.
Nobody wants to be there.
This goes beyond one president, literally back to the founding of the country. It's not just some grudge held by this particular president. Even Obama has done some heinous shit to natives in regards to their land and rights.
The reservations have always been a set off moving goal posts that have been granted, moved around, and revoked—regardless of how 'good' or 'not good' the land is. The US government (read: capitalism, bc that's what it's always been) wants ALL the land.
You...
I really want to insult you right now, but we're literally talking about Trump taking away my native citizenship.
Natives have only been citizens for roughly 100 years,
President Cock smoker is trying to take it away.
Your whataboutism isn't going to keep my family American and out of the detainment camps.
So put that stupid shit in your peace pipe and smoke it.
What are you talking about? I'm not defending Trump, or using whataboutism? I'm trying to explain the history of consistent oppression of native peoples. It's unfortunately as old as white people coming here in the first place; Trump is just the latest flavor of awful. This country is literally founded on genocide, and just about every president has partaken.
I live in Oklahoma, my spouse is a tribal member, as is my child. I'm extremely close to the issue and try to make myself as educated on the topic as I can. I also try to educate others, since a lot of people genuinely don't know how far back this shit goes, as our education system deliberately leaves it out. That's what I was trying to do here.
They had the unmitigated gall to be living on our land before we got there.
One of my best friends in childhood was Duwamish, and his family had it rough. Haven't seen him in 50 years, and all that was forgotten come meme-making time. I'm guilty as charged, sorry.
I think that society becomes hopeless at some point. Ruled by 5th-generation lizard monsters. You can't fight that.
Attend to the health of your own soul. Cultivate your own garden. Buy a gun.