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So - they admired the native Americans and appropriated a bunch of their customs and notable figures for their political club. It was a bit of a thing at the time.
The actual native Americans weren't involved though, were they? Tamanend wasn't involved, was he?
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Washington D.C. is where we keep our monuments to history including living monuments. Washington wasn't there for his monument, Lincoln wasn't there for his Memorial. So what.
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Originally Posted by DanaC
My guess is he wouldn't see it as a compliment.
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Most of your political correctness seems to be based on guesswork.
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Originally Posted by DanaC
It's like an English political group admiring Gandhi, and over the years they end up giving the nickname 'the pakis' to a football club and then insisting that has something to do with Gandhi.
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That kind of one track thinking is why we're not called England of America. Nasty case of conflict losers' commiseration you got there.