Daww.

[Salty]

Just 'cause they're human, don't mean they're 'murrican.
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This gay conservative pastor I know (lol) posted this charming picture on his FB:


I haven't yet gotten to the point of telling him it was a damned good thing those fences weren't around America's borders when those beagles came over from Britain, otherwise this country might look a little different, but I'm working on it.

That isn't to say I know what the hell we're supposed to do about our southern borders. I care less for the aftermath or what will happen than I care for the violence and stupidity that leads to people being killed for no good reason. I care about the latter quite a bit. But that's Business As Usual. What do I do beyond caring?

What always shocks me, has done so for years now, is the blithe and uninteresting way people forget that we weren't the first ones here. That we, in fact, raped, pillaged and committed genocide on our journey towards the American Dream. All Americans enjoy the fruits of this carnage. All of them. Us. Me.

And really, what are we gonna do about it now? Give it all back and say sorr-ah, ahahaha no, that's not even anywhere near on the menu. I'm not saying we should DO something about that because I wouldn't know where to begin.

What I do suggest is that people who forget this fact receive a gentle reminder that, "Hey, I know you have concerns, and those are important. Not trying to knock your outlook or anything. But, please, do STFU and think about our history for a moment. KTHX."

Of course, some people won't take a gentle reminder.
You can't even start with that because they're so far gone into their own ass-backwards social programming they think that shit above is ADORABLE with ZERO sense of irony.

No, with these the only answer is to deport into them all the way back up the source of our existence. Maybe once we launch them into the sun they'll understand.

[Cain]

Well, to be fair, the kind of culture which rapes and genocides its way across a continent is probably more likely to be racist and exclusionary than not (Australia was just as bad, if not worse, Northern Irish Protestant groups were pretty bad, the Israelis have been hesistantly walking down this route for a while, don't even get me started on the Serb paramilitaries etc).  Michael Mann did some interesting studies into settler culture and atrocities which are well worth reading.

[Salty]

Very good point.
Thanks for pointing out Mann to me, went and found The Dark Side of Democracy. Looks horrific and engrossing.

[Placid Dingo]

Australia's pretty happy to wig out over 'OMG stop the boats! Scary brown people coming to get me!'

While still holding an attitude of 'well what the the aboriginals whining about? They didn't have any buildings or anything before we got here.'

Dear me.

[Rumckle]

Yep, I think white people are just cunts in general.

I did a Fermi calculation a few months back, after reading an article on refugees in the paper. I can't remember exactly what the figures were, but I remember concluding that, if anything, Australia isn't taking enough refugees, in regards to how many other countries are taking per capita.

ETA: But then again, logical arguments don't usually hold up against pictures of dogs in hats.