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Armed people show up and saying my land is now their land I probably wouldn't be friendly either. The point is the west wasn't unsettled. But US History books
by yardie 5y ago
Armed people show up and saying my land is now their land I probably wouldn't be friendly either.
The point is the west wasn't unsettled. But US History books would have you believe otherwise.
- refurb 5y agoWhen one native American tribe uses weapons to take another's resources, they probably weren't friendly either.
- pessimizer 5y agoYou're right, that one nameless group you made up has no more reason to complain any more about the settlers than they have to complain about that other nameless group you made up. "What's the big deal about me hitting you? I'm sure you've been bitten by a dog before, and I never heard you complain."
- refurb 5y agoIt’s the old adage “those who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones”. If you attack and take someone else’s land that’s bad… whether you’re white or not. Right?
- 8bitsrule 5y agoAll supported by Chief Justice John Marshall, et.al., based on several Papal Bulls way back in the 1400s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_doctrine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_doctrine