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Originally Posted by JaneB
We did not kill all the Native Americans. They were given places to live.
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I guess it's OK since we didn't kill them all. Forcing them off their lands and killing those that didn't move certainly isn't a bad thing, right? I guess with your reasoning, Hitler gave the Jews places to live in the Concentration Camps.
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Originally Posted by JaneB
Our country did not hang blacks from the trees. That is a stupid comment. Ignorant white people did that, not the whole country.
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The government had many KKK members in it. It had many who supported the hanging of blacks. It had many that didn't protect blacks.
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Originally Posted by JaneB
The Japenese were locked up for what they thought were good reasons back then. Japan should not have brought us into the war.
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The Japanese in the US had nothing to do with the war or starting it. That's like saying we should lock up every Muslim because they "brought us into the war" when they had nothing to do with it. Hitler thought locking up Jews were for good reasons. Only difference is that we didn't gas them.
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Originally Posted by JaneB
The blacks sold their own people as slaves, so why not mention that in your statement?
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The large majority of slave trade was done by white males in the US. These included Presidents, members of Congress, and local officials. Is your defense for slavery that blacks sold some of their own people too?
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Originally Posted by JaneB
Did anyone ever say the US was perfect? No it is not, but it has changed a lot over time. America saved a lot of these countries asses, so they should be greatful. I think we should just tell them to help themselves next time and save ourselves the trouble.
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You just made my point right here. America has changed a lot, just as Germany has. To trash a German on this board for something that happened 70 years ago is as ludicrous as trashing an American here for slavery or the murdering of Native Americans. The Germany you describe is nothing like the Germany of today. Just as the American of the past I describe is nothing like the America of today.