so in the wake of thanksgiving festivities

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its time to discuss the pillaging of the natives

on facebook and other social media outlets i'm sure we've all been inundated again with the whole christopher columbus was an asshole, white people committed genocide, blah blah we "stole" this country and all that other apologist soft talk.

how come people pick and choose what to be mad at.

whites conquered north america. what devils! they also conquered europe. no one cries for the celts. is it because its so far removed? how far must we travel in history before the conquest of north america is seen as a glorious act, bringing civilization to a savage land, instead of some barbarous notion that we murdered a bunch of less capable people?

but wait, there was TREACHERY! the white man made promises and broke them!

no shit. thats what we do. when caesar was conquering gaul his tactics mirrored what the whites in america did.

he would befriend X tribe to help in the fight of Y tribe. once Y tribe was defeated X tribe would get worried like hey maybe we shouldnt have dont that, so then X tribe gets with Z tribe to fight rome and avenge Y tribe. then they get defeated

same shit in the americas. when a native leader would try to unite the tribes like vercingetorix they would be defeated.

if you view the conquest of north america as some heinous act committed by murderers you have the mind of a child.