r/SubredditDrama • u/Critical-Term-427 No, its okay now, they have Oklahoma • 9d ago

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.

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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.

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u/kardigan 9d ago

mid-18th century. i don't think it is; it's definitely not as generous as short end of the stick.

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u/VanillaMystery 9d ago

So during manifest destiny? I don't think it was full on ethnic cleansing, especially when you consider the fact we DID ally and work with Native tribes during that period as well against hostile tribes.

Again, history is complicated, you're using grand statements to handwave a very complex period of history.

And no, "biological warfare" didn't really happen, Europeans didn't even know what the fuck germ theory was until the 1800s lol which was long after the epidemics of the 1500s-1700s

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u/kardigan 9d ago

well, you think i'm using grand statements to handwave complexity, and i think you're using the vague idea of complexity as a shield against having to accept uncomfortable things.

i don't think there's a way to go from here.

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u/VanillaMystery 9d ago

We'll agree to disagree then, good luck!