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Petty excuses for overlooking the indefensible

Posted by: MDG on December 13, 1999 at 13:26:38:

In Reply to: On the other hand... posted by Samuel Day Fassbinder on December 11, 1999 at 21:27:16:


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: On the other hand, there's no time left to stop the genocide of First Nations people, or the conquest of North American by capitalist Europeans, and so what we have is a bunch of smug white liberals sitting in judgment over what's left of what their ancestors tried so hard to destroy.

Believe it or not, Sam, one can actually protest the genocide of First Nations people, protest the conquest of North American by capitalist Europeans, and even commit crime of having white skin (as for being smug and liberal, you're free to engage in all the juvenile name-calling you want) AND recognize that even oppressed peoples can themselves oppress others. Why are you so eager to defend the smothering of eagles?

: Some suggested ways of saving those eagles:

: 1) Pickle the Hopi's livers. As a White oil construction worker once told me while I was hitchhiking through northeast Arizona, "they really like that firewater." A drunk Indian can't kill eagles, so why not invite 'em all into the local tavern for a few drinks? I saw the construction worker's wisdom upon initial inspection of the saloons of Flagstaff; if you don't believe me you can see for yourself. BTW, First Nations people are genetically susceptible to alcoholism...

: 2) Integrate them into capitalism! Build mines and quarries and oil pipelines on their land; bribe their leaders to permit it all to happen. An Indian who works for the Man is too busy to kill eagles.




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