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Originally Posted by Abstract
I agree. As a matter of fact I do have a good percentage of Native American blood in me, but trying to find out what exact tribe is a whole other story. One thing that annoys me about us Americans is that we feel we have the right to morally judge other countries in the genocides they have committed. Yes, each country does deserve to be brought to justice for their crimes, but us Americans always take the high ground and act as if our history is 100% free from murder, and or genocide. What you said about the Indians is absolutely correct, The Trail of Tears is a perfect example. About 2500-6000 Native Americans died on the Trail of Tears alone. That's not counting the total number of deaths throughout American History(which is very hard to calculate). Anyways.. I guess the point is that us Americans need to think twice before taking the moral high ground in all instances ourselves, seeing as we have committed genocide ourselves.
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First of all, I have never committed genocide.
Second of all, I am as disgusted with the horrors in America's past as I am about modern tragedies in other nations. They are abominations. I am not "forgetting that we committed genocide."
Thirdly. It is not wrong to get on a moral high ground when it is about GENOCIDE. Hell, are we supposed to say, "Well, that's bad and all, but our ancestors screwed up back then so we can't really judge you for killing a huge portion of your own population."
Does that sound correct in any way, shape, or form? No, because it is insane.
Americans are just as capable of committing atrocities as other nations, but that does not mean we need to cut people slack when they are killing/enslaving/starving another people.
I really hope that all makes sense.