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MineralMan

(146,321 posts)
Sun Jul 21, 2019, 10:04 AM Jul 2019

Go Back to Where Your Ancestors Came From!

That appears to be what Trump is really saying, but he's forgetting something: If everyone did that, the United States would become the land of Native Americans once again.

This country would empty itself of people, except for those who were here when Europeans started showing up.

Clearly, what Trump is really saying is: "If your skin is brown, get out of town."

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Go Back to Where Your Ancestors Came From! (Original Post) MineralMan Jul 2019 OP
That would be home of Lucy, in Olduvai gorge, Africa. at140 Jul 2019 #1
Great minds! klook Jul 2019 #3
That would be Africa, klook Jul 2019 #2
K&R onetexan Jul 2019 #4
If people rally did this, they'd find out DeminPennswoods Jul 2019 #5
Donny draftdodger would go back to Timmygoat Jul 2019 #6
Native American migrated here from somewhere. KentuckyWoman Jul 2019 #7
Yes, but they did not displace humans who were here earlier. MineralMan Jul 2019 #13
Yes sir. KentuckyWoman Jul 2019 #15
Sadly, I'm ready to do this. cwydro Jul 2019 #8
DUH!! TrishaJ Jul 2019 #9
Their racism is no longer so "thinly" veiled... Wounded Bear Jul 2019 #10
Enceladus is a long way from Earth ! stonecutter357 Jul 2019 #11
If only.... (Native Americans would truly deserve that) hlthe2b Jul 2019 #12
I would love to, but I don't think they would allow me to immigrate smirkymonkey Jul 2019 #14
Not only that bucolic_frolic Jul 2019 #16
We would be creating refugee problems murielm99 Jul 2019 #17
Mr. M. Twain explains... Grins Jul 2019 #18
What about people whose ancestors came from different places? Crunchy Frog Jul 2019 #19

DeminPennswoods

(15,289 posts)
5. If people rally did this, they'd find out
Sun Jul 21, 2019, 10:14 AM
Jul 2019

exactly how much of an outsider they are in their ancestral homeland. They'd glomb on to the first friendly fellow American they found.

Timmygoat

(779 posts)
6. Donny draftdodger would go back to
Sun Jul 21, 2019, 10:25 AM
Jul 2019

A town on the Austria German border, where his ancestors (grandpa & family) were kicked out because of grandpa's cowardice.
In refusing to serve in the military.

KentuckyWoman

(6,689 posts)
7. Native American migrated here from somewhere.
Sun Jul 21, 2019, 10:29 AM
Jul 2019

I think the oldest human remains they've found to date got 13000 years. Since the continent is considerably older, and humans have been on other continents longer.......

Call 23 and ME and find out where you came from and get the fuck out. Start with Mitch. Once we get down to only having people that know how to act in public, then we can quit.

MineralMan

(146,321 posts)
13. Yes, but they did not displace humans who were here earlier.
Sun Jul 21, 2019, 01:02 PM
Jul 2019

Europeans did that, and in many places on this planet.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
8. Sadly, I'm ready to do this.
Sun Jul 21, 2019, 10:33 AM
Jul 2019

I have a dual citizenship, and I no longer recognize this country anymore.

TrishaJ

(798 posts)
9. DUH!!
Sun Jul 21, 2019, 10:33 AM
Jul 2019

And not understanding this reveals the IGNORANCE of Trump supporters who shout "SEND THEM BACK."

What they perceive as THEIR country only was stolen by their ancestors from it's original inhabitants, which included both Mexicans and Native Americans.

The irony is totally lost with these people!

hlthe2b

(102,324 posts)
12. If only.... (Native Americans would truly deserve that)
Sun Jul 21, 2019, 10:54 AM
Jul 2019

I guess ancestry.com will do a whopping business directing us all as to where we SHOULD go, especially for those who are the descendants of the "adopted".

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
14. I would love to, but I don't think they would allow me to immigrate
Sun Jul 21, 2019, 01:09 PM
Jul 2019

and work there unless I was getting transferred by my company, which is highly unlikely.

bucolic_frolic

(43,242 posts)
16. Not only that
Mon Jul 22, 2019, 07:35 AM
Jul 2019

I'd be subdivided into 7 or 8 western European parts! From northern to southern Europe. And I'd be divided into several religions, some ancestors fought for America, some sided with the British, some fought the British and for France.

The one common thread in all my antecedents is that they fled oppression or civil strife of some type - religious, economic, political. They didn't always land in a happy place, and fled again. People really do vote with their feet when they have to.

murielm99

(30,754 posts)
17. We would be creating refugee problems
Mon Jul 22, 2019, 03:47 PM
Jul 2019

on a large scale for the rest of the world. Donnie would love that.

Grins

(7,222 posts)
18. Mr. M. Twain explains...
Mon Jul 22, 2019, 06:05 PM
Jul 2019

“Man is the only animal that robs his helpless fellow of his country -- takes possession of it and drives him out of it or destroys him. Man has done this in all the ages. There is not an acre of ground on the globe that is in possession of its rightful owner, or that has not been taken away from owner after owner, cycle after cycle, by force and bloodshed.” - Mark Twain, “The Lowest Animal"

Crunchy Frog

(26,594 posts)
19. What about people whose ancestors came from different places?
Mon Jul 22, 2019, 06:08 PM
Jul 2019

How about chopping him in half, and send half to Scottland and half to Germany?

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