An entertainer named Bilirubin Eyelash (give or take a few letters) made a stir when she claimed that "nobody is illegal when we are living on stolen land".
Completely apart from her embrace of the bubbleheaded, thoughtless slogan, Mz Eyelash did donate about 20% of her net worth to fund food security in under-served areas. That degree of putting your own money behind your mouth impresses me, even though I realize that most of the benefit will be distorted and skimmed before it hits the people who need it unless there is very aggressive bird-dogging of the execution.
At another level, Mz Eyelash might be starting to get a grip on the fact that the zealots are driven by envy. No amount of slogan chanting or donations will be enough to satisfy them. They want to humiliate those who have done better than they did, whether by effort or talent or luck or avoidance of mind-altering substances (most likely at least three-of-the-four).
The zealots ALWAYS eat their own.
Finally, the entire concept of "stolen" presupposes a modern understanding of "private property". My perception of Native Americans is that were largely nomadic and followed the resources as they clocked through the season. If another family or tribe got to the rapids where it was easiest to spear fish, then it was that family's for the duration. The family/tribe that was johnny-come-lately would then move to the second or third choice.
Not to mention the quite warlike nature of "American Indians" in attacking, enslaving and otherwise acting like ah, Humans...
ReplyDeleteVillages moved onward when they field stripped the resources and fouled the area with their very human waste. Returning sometimes years later after Mother Nature cleaned up the place.
Stolen lands? NO Conquered Lands thank you very much.
Michael the anonymous for some odd Google reason.
What she said shows no understanding of human history.
ReplyDeleteI see it differently. Stolen is what a conquered people call it when someone kicks your ass and takes it.
ReplyDeleteI liked her in the Addams Family.
ReplyDeleteShe is just another example proving that financial success does not require intellect or even meaningful talent. In her case mostly plain dumb luck.
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