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TigressDem

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28. YES

Sun Feb 26, 2023, 01:00 PM

Feb 2023

Truth is truth and there WAS a reason Matt Cooke said what he did, but it confused me as it could confuse others to think Washington killed slaves to get his dentures.

As to the actual murders of indigenous....

People are capable of terrible things, even if they are trying to do good. (The good being creating a Democratic country.)

Sometimes there are NO CHOICES that don't include some horrible mistakes being made.

However, I want to view history with a truth lens and accept what is and move on to make OUR time have better choices made...
at least any that I can influence.

Just because Washington wasn't some spotless angel doesn't mean his actual contributions to this nation were completely in error.

Maybe his statue should go in a museum as well. He owned slaves and killed allies. Not great stuff.

But NONE of US on Earth is perfect. We can only do our best to learn from the past and even our own mistakes and do better.

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How many here knew that George Washington ordered slaughter of Indians during Revolutionary War? [View all] TigressDem Feb 2023 OP

Whether you call the founding fathers "pragmatic" or unbelievably "ruthless" hlthe2b Feb 2023 #1

True. TigressDem Feb 2023 #3

What he said is true. I have known about this wnylib Feb 2023 #30

I had heard about the teeth cruelty, but I didn't know that... brush Feb 2023 #2

CORRECTION: Washington did NOT kill anyone for his dentures. TigressDem Feb 2023 #4

It was made very clear in my elementary school history book that his teeth were made from wood. Earth-shine Feb 2023 #20

They probably looked wooden due to stains. TigressDem Feb 2023 #22

Dentures not acquired by murder, the murder was wiping out entire tribes... brush Feb 2023 #26

YES TigressDem Feb 2023 #28

Excellent. I particularlly like and agree with the graph below. brush Feb 2023 #35

It traces back to the French and Indian War Sympthsical Feb 2023 #5

For some reason, I didn't think of the Indigenous being involved in Revolutionary War. TigressDem Feb 2023 #6

Washington would've been 57 as President Sympthsical Feb 2023 #7

I was reading about French Indian war.... my mistake. I read he was 24 when it was over. TigressDem Feb 2023 #9

Trying to "cliff notes" my lost area of learning, hit the speed bump and lost my place. TigressDem Feb 2023 #10

I think you're just about there with your understanding Sympthsical Feb 2023 #11

What I have read about Indigenous Peoples shows they were allied with each other to a point. TigressDem Feb 2023 #14

I tried to find something short for you that would be encompassing Sympthsical Feb 2023 #17

Some study into reparations led me to Sarah Augustine - and the 1493 Doctrine of Discovery TigressDem Feb 2023 #18

Yours is probably the quicker read. Thanks. TigressDem Feb 2023 #19

Ironically, in High School and part of College I considered career as Cultural Anthropologist TigressDem Feb 2023 #21

There were MANY tribes in the colonies. wnylib Feb 2023 #34

Washington had plans for land investments for himself wnylib Feb 2023 #31

Nt Marcuse Feb 2023 #8

See my #30. wnylib Feb 2023 #32

This country was built on bones, and its framework is white supremacy. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2023 #12

I think we've always had a duality of thought about the Indigenous. TigressDem Feb 2023 #15

War being war isn't an excuse for ethnic cleansing. Solly Mack Feb 2023 #13

True. TigressDem Feb 2023 #16

Washington did not order attacks on ALL of wnylib Feb 2023 #33

Recommended. H2O Man Feb 2023 #23

Watched Three Pines about the Canadian treatment of Indigenous. TigressDem Feb 2023 #24

Interesting. H2O Man Feb 2023 #25

So question... TigressDem Feb 2023 #27

Great question! H2O Man Feb 2023 #29