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LiberalArkie

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4. Slaves still had value. They were still workers. The people never saw the Native Americans as any thing but
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 10:44 AM
4 hrs ago

"Dirty Rotten Red***ns". They continued being thought of that until the 1960's when I was a teen in Arkansas. No value at all. At least the "Nigg**s" had value. The "Chin*s" had value. The Indians who had oil property in Oklahoma only had value until they land could be stolen by the local politicians.

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Never forget malaise 6 hrs ago #1
Omg that poem! LearnedHand 6 hrs ago #2
The Dakota 38 Clouds Passing 5 hrs ago #3
Slaves still had value. They were still workers. The people never saw the Native Americans as any thing but LiberalArkie 4 hrs ago #4
not sure why you would "ironically" use the tone of a racist bigot to say a bunch of slurs but here we are WhiskeyGrinder 4 hrs ago #6
He edited the remarks wolfie001 4 hrs ago #8
What's "Red***ns?" Polybius 3 hrs ago #12
*** equals "ski" rubbersole 3 hrs ago #14
Ahh Polybius 3 hrs ago #15
Egads no idea wolfie001 1 hr ago #22
then why not spell it all the way out WhiskeyGrinder 3 hrs ago #18
Because they describe what they heard instead being sugar coated. I remember when the LBGT's were being slured as"QUEER" LiberalArkie 3 hrs ago #19
The OP describes what happened, without sugar coating. And then you added a bunch of slurs -- slurs that are, one could WhiskeyGrinder 3 hrs ago #21
trail of tear? AllaN01Bear 4 hrs ago #5
Lincoln was president. So he was no saint wolfie001 4 hrs ago #7
Thank you for this grim reminder. niyad 4 hrs ago #9
American history.. mountain grammy 4 hrs ago #10
Never forget that Lincoln was far from perfect Polybius 3 hrs ago #11
I have heard white people express bafflement and offense that Native peoples want the Four False Faces removed... TygrBright 3 hrs ago #13
Never heard this in any "history" class or otherwise. We have always been a very racist country. And now getting worse Evolve Dammit 3 hrs ago #16
Made a donation to NARF after reading this. SergeStorms 3 hrs ago #17
... Solly Mack 3 hrs ago #20
afternoon kick WhiskeyGrinder 1 hr ago #23
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