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We lost our way hundreds of years ago (Original Post) SHRED Jan 2019 OP
Yes. roamer65 Jan 2019 #1
I'm in rage SHRED Jan 2019 #2
So, did we ever have a "way"? Takket Jan 2019 #3
Native Americans should have killed the Europeans coming over. roamer65 Jan 2019 #4
Most indigenous people, most people actually, are welcoming... brush Jan 2019 #5
Euros brought their culture of conflict and genocide with them. roamer65 Jan 2019 #6

Takket

(21,425 posts)
3. So, did we ever have a "way"?
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 02:28 AM
Jan 2019

That goes pretty much all the way back to the colonization of North America. Maybe we never lost our way (goodness). Maybe this is just the way it has always been.

roamer65

(36,739 posts)
4. Native Americans should have killed the Europeans coming over.
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 03:13 AM
Jan 2019

Seriously, things may have been better for them if they did.

brush

(53,474 posts)
5. Most indigenous people, most people actually, are welcoming...
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 03:59 AM
Jan 2019

of strangers. The strangers however, did not come with kindness.

What is it about the pale faces?

roamer65

(36,739 posts)
6. Euros brought their culture of conflict and genocide with them.
Sun Jan 20, 2019, 04:02 AM
Jan 2019

I am descendent of that strain of human and it’s history is not pretty. We owe a LOT more than apologies.

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