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maliaSmith

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7. Greenland and Denmark

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sat Jan 17, 2026, 12:44 PM

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The Danish government has previously apologized for various historical abuses and assimilation-related policies in Greenland. But the Sept. 24 apology in Greenland's capital Nuuk was the first to take place in a ceremony in front of victims of a contraception program run by Denmark – which rules the island – that involved fitting girls as young as 12 with painful intrauterine devices without their knowledge or consent. Many ended up sterile.

I never realized that Denmark did to Greenland what the US and Catholic churches did to Native Americans. JFC.

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Thousands and thousands of danes and greenlanders gathered in Copenhagen and other danish and greenlandic cities to send [View all] riversedge Saturday OP

lborg ❤️ ... riversedge Saturday #1

.... Nuuk, Greenland to protest the Trump admin--"NO MEANS NO." Greenland is not for sale. 🇬🇱 riversedge Saturday #10

🇪🇺🇩🇰🇺🇸 Anti-US protests have begun in Europe---- "Yankee GO HOME" riversedge Saturday #2

Jan 14 NOW: Denmark's Foreign Minister after the Greenland meeting: "It's clear the president has a wish to conquer Gre riversedge Saturday #3

Even Greenlands polar bears and seals have a message for Trump!!..... riversedge Saturday #4

Americans need huge demonstrations in every city to send Trump the message from home. Jim__ Saturday #5

FDT orangecrush Saturday #6

Greenland and Denmark maliaSmith Saturday #7

The same thing happened in Canada with the help of the catholic church. 🙁 Dave Bowman Saturday #13

Keep it going Greenland. TSF wants to steal their iluvtennis Saturday #8

Temu joseph goebbels (AKA Stephen Miller) needs dropped into thst crowd for 30min irisblue Saturday #9

Put that on pay-for-view liberalgunwilltravel Saturday #11

This reminds me: Pinback Saturday #12