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Coyotl

(15,262 posts) Sat Dec 15, 2012, 01:07 PM Dec 2012

The USA needs to confront its true history, genocide and slavery, guns and wars. [View all]

The USA was built on armed invasion and the genocide of uncounted Native Nations.

Guns made it possible to steal land from unarmed Natives.
Guns made it possible to steal people from Africa for enslavement in the USA.
Guns made it possible to throw off English rule and invade Ohio.
Guns made it possible to kill every Indian in sight and settle Oregon.
Guns made it possible to steal half of Mexico from Native peoples.
Guns made it possible to force surviving Natives into their concentration camps.

Confronting this history requires doing something about the Native Peoples in the Concentration Camps (reservations).
Confronting this history requires doing something about the stolen lands which rightfully belong to others.
Confronting this history requires doing something about the false history and false idea that the USA is great.

There is one just place where people think the USA is great, inside the USA. The rest of the world knows the facts.
It is about time the people inside the bubble did too.

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The USA needs to confront its true history, genocide and slavery, guns and wars. [View all] Coyotl Dec 2012 OP

If we did that we would have to make right a lot of the wrongs from our history and most Cleita Dec 2012 #1

don't be surprised at reactions to this post niyad Dec 2012 #2

A People's History Of The United States by Howard Zinn Coyotl Dec 2012 #5

Zinn's book is excellent and should be read by everyone who wants to iemitsu Dec 2012 #28

Best book I've read on the History of the USA malaise Dec 2012 #40

this is just shallow and silly cali Dec 2012 #3

Well at least you're not perpetuating the "we weren't violent before" BS. Edweird Dec 2012 #4

+1 Libertas1776 Dec 2012 #7

Culture determines violence moreso than instinct. Coyotl Dec 2012 #8

Whatever helps you sleep at night...... Edweird Dec 2012 #9

I can tell which culture you are from. Defensive yet? Coyotl Dec 2012 #11

Anthropology informs us that there are cultures where violence within it is virtually byeya Dec 2012 #33

Mass Shootings In U.S. Since 2005 (MAP) Coyotl Dec 2012 #6

"The rest of the world knows the facts." former9thward Dec 2012 #10

O.K. Coyotl Dec 2012 #12

Thanks for the softball. former9thward Dec 2012 #13

imperial propaganda organ Coyotl Dec 2012 #15

It must be nice to live in alternative universes. former9thward Dec 2012 #17

It is nice to live in a different culture Coyotl Dec 2012 #18

National Geographic is an imperialist publication now! former9thward Dec 2012 #19

They certainly share the same racism and cultural biases that enable "othering" Coyotl Dec 2012 #20

Take your anti-science crap elesewhere. former9thward Dec 2012 #21

Only one problem with that, Coyotl Dec 2012 #22

Anybody can say anything on the internet. former9thward Dec 2012 #24

You are the person promoting this sacrifice idea. Post one peer-reviewed article to back it up. Coyotl Dec 2012 #27

I am not promoting it. National Geographic did. former9thward Dec 2012 #30

Sorry, this is BS. a la izquierda Dec 2012 #23

But are you an indigineous person? Coyotl Dec 2012 #25

Nope, I'm not. I was raised in a family with members... a la izquierda Dec 2012 #29

So you know the ethnohistorical writings called Jews cannibals too? Coyotl Dec 2012 #37

What the hell sources are you talking about? a la izquierda Dec 2012 #38

We live in the most peaceful time in human history cpwm17 Dec 2012 #32

I wonder how Pinker deals with the lack of graves, but not lack of deaths, from Hiroshima byeya Dec 2012 #35

He used all available sources to determine the violent death rate cpwm17 Dec 2012 #39

That depends upon where you live and where in the past you are making a comparison to. Coyotl Dec 2012 #36

Bob Dylan wrote a song, covered by liberalhistorian Dec 2012 #14

The Indians died with God on our side. Coyotl Dec 2012 #16

Without guns, the Europeans would all likely be very crowded in Europe today. Coyotl Dec 2012 #26

Guns, Germs, and Steel is a great book. Zoeisright Dec 2012 #31

I don't care for Diamond either. I think Marvin Harris is a better source although GG&S has byeya Dec 2012 #34