Yes, there were wars fought between the various Indian tribes and colonies, but they were part of the larger French, English and Dutch conflicts of the 17th and 18th centuries. The actual “wars of conquest” against the Indian nations didn’t begin until, roughly, the 1830′s. Of course, you would need to go to the actual history to find that out, not what is currently taught in our government schools.

Wow… Regardless of whether it was ‘native American collectivism’ that held them back technologically, and regardless of whether the killing of native Americans by whites is best terms a genocide, it really does makes me feel ill to hear this event termed a “triumph”.

The idea these much-hated ‘lefties’ resent Thanksgiving because it represents the defeat of their much-loved socialism is completely untrue. Rather, they simply question the merit of celebrating a day that represents the founding of a country through invasion and the violent subjugation of a native population.

These men go on about this genocide, but they also seem to forget that there were plenty of tribes on these two continents who met a violent end – a genocide if you like – at the hands of their rival tribes. Warfare was not introduced to the Americas by white men. It is a completely false myth to believe that the aboriginals were any less or more than tribes of men, who acted like men, for all the good and bad that means.

Actually, there are three things I do need ot call your attention to today. Therefore, in reverse order of the amount of attention I think they’ve gotten: 1) The Liberty Papers is a brand-new group blog being run by several