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    1 year ago

    And I am politely refraining from explaining why converting “we dicked over the indigenous people but tell ourselves they liked it” to “we are truly blessed by God” is somehow even worse.

    Mostly because the subject of this protest does that for me

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      Many people were not educated about the true history. So they weren’t celebrating “we dicked over the indigenous people” day.

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        Yes. Propaganda is strong and critical thinking is low. That changes nothing and is just a blatant attempt to absolve oneself of any guilt