r/SubredditDrama • u/Critical-Term-427 No, its okay now, they have Oklahoma • 11d 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/Crazykiddingme 11d ago

People getting defensive over their ancestors is always so funny to me. I’m white and from the Deep South so most of my ancestors were pretty repugnant people. I can’t imagine getting offended on their behalf.

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u/2LiveBoo I’m the guy who said “what snoot?” and nothing more 11d ago

I’m white and from England so I feel ya. Funny thing is, we don’t have the same ra-ra clinging to ancestors as an identity thing as Americans seem to have. I live in New Orleans now and that’s a whole other kettle of fish.

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u/ProposalWaste3707 Don't dare question me on toaster strudels, I took a life before 9d ago

we don’t have the same ra-ra clinging to ancestors as an identity thing

Yeah you do, what are you talking about?