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Every nation has had it's share of committing evil acts against its own citizens. Darfur, Rwanda, German atrocities, Serbia, Pol Pot and the killing fields, etc.,
What will history record as the worst Atrocity on U.S. soil?
US actions against the native population and slavery.
[not that there is much we can do to undo it now but we should at least be honest and acknowledge these events]
Precipitated several wars.
Precipitated the U.S. and world economy taking a nosedive.
Squandered trillions.
Lost productivity.
Unnecessary deaths.
Caused more widespread mistrust of Islam and people of Middle Eastern descent in the U.S.
Caused homegrown terrorism among Muslims.
I'm surprised there is only one mention of 9/11 on this thread...
Nearly 3,000 at the World Trade Center murdered.
Shorted the airline stocks...
Collected on the insurance policy on the World Trade Center complex...
So the Globalists could have their wars in Iraq and Afghanistan...
Passing Obamacare by legislators who had not read or completely understood what they approved.
Following that is the lack of outrage by the American people which allow those very same elected representatives to remain in office.
There is a very definite need for mental health counseling in this country. I don't think your opinion is even that rare. One can call it illness or one can call it partisan.
I was hoping it would at least make it past the first page
To a lot of these commenters, caucasions have never commited any atrocities and they can only trace their knowledge of such talk to the first time they watched Fox or heard Limbaugh. The Dumbing Down runs deep and wide.
[SIZE=3]atrocity - definition of atrocity by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia.[/SIZE] [SIZE=3]a·troc·i·ty[/SIZE] (-trs-t) n.pl.a·troc·i·ties1. Appalling or atrocious condition, quality, or behavior; monstrousness. 2. An appalling or atrocious act, situation, or object, especially an act of unusual or illegal cruelty inflicted by an armed force on civilians or prisoners.
How can the institution of slavery be an atrocity?
I'll might agree with you on the american Indian thing (although they were doing it to themselves before mighty whitey came along) but Slavery was an accepted pratice world wide throughout history even on this continent before MW got here.........
Still does not changed or excuse what happened in the US.
What you said is, I stole the money because George, Jim, Jeff, and Ryan also stole the money. The fact remains that you stole the money.
Slavery was a fact of life from 5000 yrs BC to the 1800's, and to some extent is still goes on today.
There are also less noticeable forms of slavery such as economic slavery that are still practiced today.
I am not making excuses for anything. I am just stating the truth. Deal with it.
Stop expecting life to be fair.
People get victimized because they do not have the courage to resist it. Millions of people in history stood up and decided to fight and die not to be victims.
It is the weak who allow the institutions of victimization to exist and to thrive.
The South distingusihed itself by kiling thousands of Union prisoners in a muddy hell hole called Andersonville in Georgia. When a few Andersonville escapees made it to Sherman's forces, his troops were so sickened by their condition that they resolved to make the South howl and they redoubbled their effort to make the heart of the Confederacy pay in blood and treasure.
Don't forget the Union also starved to death its fair share of Confederates it captured, in response to Andersonville
Every nation has had it's share of committing evil acts against its own citizens. Darfur, Rwanda, German atrocities, Serbia, Pol Pot and the killing fields, etc.,
What will history record as the worst Atrocity on U.S. soil?
Long ago slavey.
Currently government unions.
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