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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another attempt to ruin a holiday by shaming Americans.

Get your own holiday to cry over.[/quote]

America does have a dark past. We should reflect on the massive human cost of building this country.

-Mayflower descendant 
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Every country on earth has a dark past. You should acknowledge those events but don’t dwell on them in the present especially after 100+ years[/quote]

The impacts of the US government’s brutal violence and assimilation are still felt today. It’s a current day issue. 
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It is important to discuss history and *educate* on what really happened and its impacts vs. perpetuating narratives that are untrue and minimize or deny the impacts.  But the PP is right - All of *human history* is story after story of one group conquering another group.  How far back do we go? These things are still happening in places around the globe today.  We never learn.  How are modern-day Americans responsible for this?  They aren't.  None of us were alive and had anything to do with it.

You can try and fight (change?) human nature for the future, but the people who did the things you are talking about are dead. [/quote]

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