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In reply to the discussion: Texas GOP adopts platform of erasing minorities by ‘assimilation’ into an ‘American identity’ [View all]sofa king
(10,857 posts)50. How'd that work out with our Indian tribes?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_assimilation_of_Native_Americans
The most important thing it did was rationalize a dozen different ways to steal land from and deny civil rights to people.
Then, in order to justify the crimes, the legal tide was lowered so that all Americans became vulnerable to tricks like eminent domain. At the same time, the very concept of sovereignty was gnawed at so that all sovereign entities are defenseless against those who lord it above them.
In order to justify their plan of racial and cultural assimilation, Republicans will wind up reducing their own rights to the level of those they have oppressed for four hundred years. We will all be equal when we are all downtrodden serfs.
The most important thing it did was rationalize a dozen different ways to steal land from and deny civil rights to people.
Then, in order to justify the crimes, the legal tide was lowered so that all Americans became vulnerable to tricks like eminent domain. At the same time, the very concept of sovereignty was gnawed at so that all sovereign entities are defenseless against those who lord it above them.
In order to justify their plan of racial and cultural assimilation, Republicans will wind up reducing their own rights to the level of those they have oppressed for four hundred years. We will all be equal when we are all downtrodden serfs.
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Texas GOP adopts platform of erasing minorities by ‘assimilation’ into an ‘American identity’ [View all]
left-of-center2012
May 2016
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I posted a lot of their platform's policies a couple of days ago. It 'interesting' to say the least.
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May 2016
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May 2016
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May 2016
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