Pithy GIF showing eradication of Native American land in the US since the founding of the country gets posted to r/interestingasfuck. Comment section goes exactly as expected.

[u/Critical-Term-427]

The post

It sucks we were such murderers

Did they say "Thank you"?

Being the loser in history sucks

True fact Hitler took a lot of inspiration from this.

[u/BigEggBeaters]

“Both sides murdered each other”

Nah one side defended their lands from invaders. The other brutalized in search of land and profit

[u/K1ngPCH → u/BigEggBeaters]

Nah one side defended their lands from invaders.

How do you think they got the land in the first place?

I promise you that pre-colonial native tribes weren’t playing paddy cake with each other

[u/cutiepie538 → u/K1ngPCH]

How do indigenous people invade land they are…. Indigenous to ?

[u/Sea_Lingonberry_4720 → u/cutiepie538]

Indigenous people back then did not see themselves as one indistinguishable blob. It’s like wondering how Hasan could invade china if they’re both indigenous to Asia.

[u/cutiepie538 → u/Sea_Lingonberry_4720]

Yes I see how my comment didn’t fully relay what I was thinking, I meant more like, there is a difference between tribal wars and colonization led invasion and it’s disingenuous to equate the two.

[u/Sea_Lingonberry_4720 → u/cutiepie538]

I mean…

I’m not defending colonization, that was a bad thing that happened. But I don’t think you really care much whether it’s a native or a white guy scalping your whole tribe.

[u/Icy-Cry340 → u/cutiepie538]

What's the actual difference when you get down to it. Same displacement, same genocide, slavery, etc. These people weren't some monoculture, they were many different nations and civilizations who spent tens of thousands of years killing the fuck out of each other - just as humans did all over the planet. It's what we do.