The white Europeans who settled America and conquered the West “believed they were forging a nation—a homeland for themselves and their descendants,” he said. “They fought, they bled, they struggled, they died for us. They built this country for us. America, in all its glory, is their gift to us, handed down across the generations. It belongs to us. It’s our birthright, our heritage, our destiny. If America is everything and everyone, then it is nothing and no one at all. But we know that’s not true. America is not a ‘universal nation.’ ”
Why has the author of that article decided to sereptitiously add “white Europeans” to that quote.
Just put what he actually said. Just put the full quote. The mf said “they” in the part that was ACTUALLY quoted. Surely that “they” had an antecedent a few sentences before, yes??? So put that! I’ll decide for myself if what he really means is white Europeans.
Fuck this dude.
Signed, an actual American.
Why has the author of that article decided to sereptitiously add “white Europeans” to that quote.
Just put what he actually said. Just put the full quote. The mf said “they” in the part that was ACTUALLY quoted. Surely that “they” had an antecedent a few sentences before, yes??? So put that! I’ll decide for myself if what he really means is white Europeans.
I think you’ll find it was largely the people they enslaved who did this.
Are u native or colonizer offspring?