Forgetting all of it, however, was going a little overboard.

Saying that the indigenous people in North America didn’t know how to form alliances is historically ignorant, because it’s just flat out false, and counterexamples are a dime a dozen.

But even if it were true, saying that that’s the reason whites prevailed is even more historically ignorant, because you ignores technological differences, epidemiology, and population pressure.

You also seem to assume that the natives necessarily saw the conflict as a racial one with whites on one side and all natives in a sort of autochthonous stew on the other. Despite that rather racist take on it, however, Native people were a bit more politically sophisticated than you give them credit for being, and often saw whites as a potential ally in their age-old feuds with other nations. To suggest that the proper course of action there was for 16th- or 17th-century natives to engage reflexively in a sort of racial essentialism is a disturbing notion to hear even from the likes of you..

When will the madness End?

(Sorry about the format…Im just a natural born Rule Breaker.)

I’ve forgotten more about indigenous and colonial history than you’re ever likely to learn, kids.

Tried to get that into a haiku, but it wouldn’t fit right off the bat, and I’ve got a toddler to get off the Nona’s for turkey and pie.

Happy Thanksgiving!

That’s the way to influence people–patronize and insult them! Well, despite that, this iggerant liberal wishes you a Happy Thanksgiving, too!

Thanksgiving story:
Peaceful Natives and Pilgrims.
Too bad it’s bullshit.

Okay, i’ll be nice. Here’s some lovely photos from the Ashes and Snow Exhibit moving to … Santa Monica ?

Tried to get that into a haiku, but it wouldn’t fit right off the bat, and I’ve got a toddler to get off the Nona’s for turkey and pie.

Happy Thanksgiving!