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Lonestarblue

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6. My list is longer.

Reply to EnergizedLib (Original post)

Tue Dec 10, 2024, 09:34 AM

Dec 10

Native American genocide

Slavery

Abduction and indoctrination and persecution of Native American children to force Christianity and white culture on them

Refusal to honor Native American treaties

Segregation and Jim Crow

Refusal to allow equal rights and civil rights for women

Japanese internment camps

1952 CIA overthrow of democratically elected government of Iran followed by establishing brutal Shah of Iran as leader

Secret agreement for Nixon to extend Vietnam War to get elected at cost of thousands more US deaths

Secret agreement by Reagan to keep hostages detained longer to help defeat Carter

Refusal by Bush administration to take warnings of potential attack before 9/11 seriously and subsequent lying about Iraq and war

Re-election of Trump as a known criminal, sexual assaulter and rapist as president to be the moral role model for the nation’s children

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Top five greatest moral failures in American history [View all] EnergizedLib Dec 10 OP

Native American genocide peregrinus Dec 10 #1

Native American genicide. SamKnause Dec 10 #2

Native American genocide. raging moderate Dec 10 #3

Native American genocide 2naSalit Dec 10 #4

Native American Genocide, Slavery, Jim Crow-Segregation, Viet Nam, Trump Jit423 Dec 10 #5

My list is longer. Lonestarblue Dec 10 #6

And you probably could've listed others, too EnergizedLib Dec 10 #8

Native American Genocide Popish Dec 10 #7

Where do you place the Alamo (if you do at all)? CTyankee Dec 10 #10

.okay, add the 1846 war to sieze.. thomski64 Dec 10 #12

There needs to be a national understanding of that. As a 3rd generatiion Texan, I used to hear all that shit about the CTyankee Dec 10 #14

Welcome to DU LetMyPeopleVote Dec 10 #13

indian removal rampartd Dec 10 #9

Native American genocide Picaro Dec 10 #11

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