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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dragonblade" data-source="post: 1697229" data-attributes="member: 2804">And don't forget that native Americans who were killed in land disputes with white settlers had for many years before been killing each other for the same land. And before that you could look at crusader knights killing muslims, or muslim killing pilgrims to the holy land, or the Romans slaughtering Celts or Celts killing Romans or other Celts. And so on for the entire history of mankind.Newsflash for you, but the ENTIRE history of mankind is one of the murder, betrayal, war, and greed. We have swung from one extreme (the natives are savages) to another (the white man is a brutal oppressor). One extreme was used to justify colonial aggression. The other is used to justify post-colonial leftist guilt.Its interesting to note that both extremes are based on the concept of demonizing some specific group or culture and then rallying behind opposition to that group or culture. Anyone who decries the evil white man or the evil Europeans is JUST AS GUILTY of racism to me as the Klan member at their rally. You have just chosen a different group as the object of your 'hate'.The fact is history is made up of the actions of individuals. Some good, some bad. There are instances of heroism and nobility. And there are instances of cruelty and oppression. Study history and learn from it. But to engage in moral handwringing over actions in the distant past made by people with a completely different moral outlook than you is pointless and pathetic.</blockquote>

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