• @PugJesus@lemmy.worldOP
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      4 months ago

      Hey, guess what - wanting a historical wrong to be corrected by having a polity live up to its treaty obligations, however belatedly, by ceding a piece of land on which a rather ugly monument exists on and telling the original owners ‘do what you want with it’ is not the equivalent of volunteering for ethnic cleansing.

      • @RubberElectrons@lemmy.world
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        34 months ago

        Might be a cool opportunity to build cohesion even. What if we (in consult with the Lakota whose land it annually is) build in a few cool people from other tribes too (e.g. chief Seattle, and others from all over the country). That could make it feel more like a monument to all of us.

        Generally not a fan of defacing nature though. There’s a joke in there somewhere but it’s too early.

    • @zaph@sh.itjust.works
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      464 months ago

      If that’s what it takes to make reparations happen I’ll gladly give mine. Thankfully that isn’t what reparations would require so you just look like a racist asshole.