Silhouette
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Speaking of offensive national symbols..
CNN-Thomas Jefferson Memorial Should be Removed US Message Board - Political Discussion Forum
Rebel Flag Gone From Stores....Satan Nazi and Communist Paraphernalia Still For Sale US Message Board - Political Discussion Forum
Native Americans wince at the stars and stripes. I suppose particularly because of the red stripes, which stand for blood shed for that flag. Much of it was from the local tribes who refused to submit, have their women raped, their men and children slaughtered like livestock, their lands stolen & to be enslaved and put in corrals we call today "reservations". Pound for pound I'd say that the Native Americans were treated far worse than blacks. Because at least blacks were valued on plantations as a vital part of the agriculture production. "Injuns" were shot like skeet and mowed down like grass for any or no offense big or small.
The presence of this flag at each and every government institution or office is an instant and scathing reminder to Native Peoples of the oppression they still live with today. But they don't have significant numbers to vote. The smallpox blankets took care of that. So, yeah, won't probably be much of a movement on the left (or the right) to take down the stars and stripes.
Food for thought.. And before you ask, yes, I have Native American blood. Sioux. A little bit anyway.
CNN-Thomas Jefferson Memorial Should be Removed US Message Board - Political Discussion Forum
Rebel Flag Gone From Stores....Satan Nazi and Communist Paraphernalia Still For Sale US Message Board - Political Discussion Forum
Native Americans wince at the stars and stripes. I suppose particularly because of the red stripes, which stand for blood shed for that flag. Much of it was from the local tribes who refused to submit, have their women raped, their men and children slaughtered like livestock, their lands stolen & to be enslaved and put in corrals we call today "reservations". Pound for pound I'd say that the Native Americans were treated far worse than blacks. Because at least blacks were valued on plantations as a vital part of the agriculture production. "Injuns" were shot like skeet and mowed down like grass for any or no offense big or small.
The presence of this flag at each and every government institution or office is an instant and scathing reminder to Native Peoples of the oppression they still live with today. But they don't have significant numbers to vote. The smallpox blankets took care of that. So, yeah, won't probably be much of a movement on the left (or the right) to take down the stars and stripes.
Food for thought.. And before you ask, yes, I have Native American blood. Sioux. A little bit anyway.
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