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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All races, all groups of human beings, are both good and evil, kind and ruthlessly cruel. All of us. Every group, on every continent, throughout history. If it hadn't been whites, it would have been another group or native Americans themselves. Such is life on planet earth.[/quote]

We aren’t talking about all groups of humans everywhere. We are specifically talking about Native Americans who once occupied that very spot where you’ll be parked on the couch watching football tomorrow. We are specifically talking about the US government’s violence and oppression of these people.

Just because it happened at other times doesn’t excuse it. 
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The point is, it’s not “other times.” There are current land treaties that the current US is in violation of. If you are a US citizen, it is your current government (of the people, by the people) that is currently in the wrong. [/quote]

Have you gifted you house to native Americans? [/quote]

I’m enrolled [/quote]

But you still live in your house?[/quote]

I live on land where it is believed that there are no descendants of the last known tribes to inhabit the area (metro DC). [/quote]

But you could still return your land to any indigenous tribe.  Why haven't you?  It would seem that your outrage is just hot air.[/quote]

This is silliness.

One can think that the government should provide universal healthcare without personally paying another person's medical bills.
One can think that our criminal justice system is corrupt without breaking people out of prisons.
One can think that that the government should enact legislation and allocate funds to address homelessness without opening your own home to anyone.

This "argument" does not hold water.[/quote]

That PP said they were enrolled in a program -- implying that they were going to give their house to a native American (presumably when they're good and ready?) So that is the "silliness" we are responding to.[/quote]

Enrolled in a tribe[/quote]

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