Learned. Nuanced.
*facepalm*OTUS
[Historian in Chief:] “Long before America was even an idea, this land of plenty was home to many peoples. The British and French, the Dutch and Spanish, to Mexicans, to countless Indian tribes. We all shared the same land,”
Obama told this to the Congressional Hispanic Caucus.
“Shared”... Multiple factions trying to conquer new lands to claim for their own Nations, is “sharing.” Doesn’t sound very “mature.”
He probably figures us ijits never heard of the French/Indian War, or something like this:
Genocide Wiped Out Native American Population
“Crushed leg bones, battered skulls and other mutilated human remains are likely all that’s left of a Native American population destroyed by genocide that took place circa 800 A.D., suggests a new study.
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... co-authors ... believe the genocide occurred as a result of conflict between different Anasazi Ancestral Puebloan ethnic groups.”Then there are the oh-so-eco-friendly conservation techniques practiced by some Indian tribes:
Yeah, the country was a real Garden of Eden before the white man came along and screwed everything up.
Posted by ZZMike on 09/23/10 at 12:14 AM
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