but...but...the INDIANS.
(shrug)
My ancestors were invaders....successful invaders
There's a lesson there.
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but...but...the INDIANS.
(shrug)
My ancestors were invaders....successful invaders
There's a lesson there.
I’m an Indian... Chippewa from Michigan and I want the Borders closed
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Hell I have quite a bit of Cherokee and Chickasaw ancestry in my genes. My step father had a fair amount of Choctaw as well. Yet my skin is almost as pale as it can get. My father had pale skin, but his sister my aunt with the same parents he had has a complexion that seems more native American.
Everyone has been invaded, or been invaders, or has ancestors who experienced or were complicit with such things. It is a weak argument, but it is one commonly used.
It is good to see you USE your mind, unlike so many these days.
I am not going to blame ANYONE for what their ancestors did, or did not do. That is not in their control.
I will blame and challenge events that are happening NOW.
I have a longer comment below and to the guy that replied to you. I actually did a lot of comments in this post. It's gotten some good reply activity.
The INDIANS (aka Native Americans) were known to invade each other, and even have slavery themselves. Different tribes were like different nations. In fact they referred to each other as nations.
The fact is every spec of land has changed hands over time.
The only thing you should be responsible for is YOUR actions. Not those of your ancestors. If your ancestors owned slaves that does not make you a slave owner. You were not alive.
If your ancestor was a serial killer. That doesn't make you a serial killer.
You owe the descendants of actions taken by others and NOT you nothing. Likewise, they owe you nothing.
The only thing you are responsible for is your choices and their consequences.
It depends upon the dictionary you look at. The older they are it is likely a lot different than what you'll get most places. I actually did look at a lot of dictionaries before using the terms.
Though in modern times the definitions of a lot of words are being changed. Often changed from what they have been for 1000s of years.
Yet let's take it a step further. A dictionary is made by humans. That is why each dictionary differs. They are meant as a tool to help people learn words they don't know. They however, are not the AUTHORITY on what a word must be. Otherwise, they'd have the same definitions. They don't. So falling upon dictionary definitions is nothing more than an Argument from Authority fallacy. ;)
I buy into definitions a lot more if they are accompanied by the etymology of the word.