Was at a meeting at work yesterday (on zoom, of course). The moderator started the meeting by making a "land acknowledgement." Basically a 5 minute lecture on the history of how the land she lives on was stolen from Indians & how large of a spiritual debt she owes to that particular tribe.

My brother had the same thing happen to him last week.

Has anyone else heard one of these?

The answer to that is:

Which native tribe?

The ones that stole it from the tribe that was there before them only a few decades before your ancestors arrived?

Or the ones that tribe stole it from first 300 years before?

Or the ones that stole it from that tribe 600 years before?

ect.

Everything in the world was flowers and roses and living with the animals and having love-ins with your neighbors before mean old whitey showed up.

(09-17-2021 02:55 PM)Captain Bearcat Wrote:  Was at a meeting at work yesterday (on zoom, of course). The moderator started the meeting by making a "land acknowledgement." Basically a 5 minute lecture on the history of how the land she lives on was stolen from Indians & how large of a spiritual debt she owes to that particular tribe.

My brother had the same thing happen to him last week.

Has anyone else heard one of these?

How does she know if they weren't paid for it?

(09-17-2021 03:02 PM)49RFootballNow Wrote:  The answer to that is:

Which native tribe?

The ones that stole it from the tribe that was there before them only a few decades before your ancestors arrived?

Or the ones that tribe stole it from first 300 years before?

Or the ones that stole it from that tribe 600 years before?

ect.

Everything in the world was flowers and roses and living with the animals and having love-ins with your neighbors before mean old whitey showed up.

Yep, I say the same thing.. Maybe if they werent so busy trying to kill each other, they would have allied together and fought against us. The world was war, I will not be ashamed because my forefathers won.

(09-17-2021 03:10 PM)memtigbb Wrote:  

(09-17-2021 03:02 PM)49RFootballNow Wrote:  The answer to that is:

Which native tribe?

The ones that stole it from the tribe that was there before them only a few decades before your ancestors arrived?

Or the ones that tribe stole it from first 300 years before?

Or the ones that stole it from that tribe 600 years before?

ect.

Everything in the world was flowers and roses and living with the animals and having love-ins with your neighbors before mean old whitey showed up.

Yep, I say the same thing.. Maybe if they werent so busy trying to kill each other, they would have allied together and fought against us. The world was war, I will not be ashamed because my forefathers won.

99.9% of the human population is slightly more than 500 years past having been in bondage of some form or another. We are literally arguing over who's ancestors got freer faster and if it was fair or not.

I'd just turn the crap off or walk out.

(09-17-2021 02:55 PM)Captain Bearcat Wrote:  Was at a meeting at work yesterday (on zoom, of course). The moderator started the meeting by making a "land acknowledgement." Basically a 5 minute lecture on the history of how the land she lives on was stolen from Indians & how large of a spiritual debt she owes to that particular tribe.

My brother had the same thing happen to him last week.

Has anyone else heard one of these?

She should be ashamed of herself. lol.

(09-17-2021 02:55 PM)Captain Bearcat Wrote:  Was at a meeting at work yesterday (on zoom, of course). The moderator started the meeting by making a "land acknowledgement." Basically a 5 minute lecture on the history of how the land she lives on was stolen from Indians & how large of a spiritual debt she owes to that particular tribe.

My brother had the same thing happen to him last week.

Has anyone else heard one of these?

I work for a very large company and they have announced their plans to hold meetings/seminars/etc. to talk about these things. But I haven’t had just an individual person hijack a Zoom meeting, on the spur of the moment, in order to share those kinds of personal feelings. Though I definitely know some people who would like to do it.

One co-worker recently pointed out that one thing to be grateful for in terms of Covid is that, in a zoom meeting, you can step away from the camera (or turn it off) and that way, no one can see/hear you laughing at all the preposterous political bullshït that spews forth from the management. I had to admit that was true.

I haven't seen this yet, but I do laugh when I'm in a zoom meeting and some participants put preferred pronouns with their names. I swear if I'm ever asked for mine, I'm going to pull a Toobin and ask them what they think my pronouns should be.

It’s amazing how “stolen” is always the word used when “conquered” is the more accurate term.

First I've heard about this.

(09-17-2021 03:46 PM)BcatMatt13 Wrote:  It’s amazing how “stolen” is always the word used when “conquered” is the more accurate term.

Make their heads explode by saying your ancestors paid the iron price for the land on the call.

If she feels that strongly about it, she can gift it back to them and rid herself of her spiritual debt.

(09-17-2021 02:55 PM)Captain Bearcat Wrote:  Was at a meeting at work yesterday (on zoom, of course). The moderator started the meeting by making a "land acknowledgement." Basically a 5 minute lecture on the history of how the land she lives on was stolen from Indians & how large of a spiritual debt she owes to that particular tribe.

My brother had the same thing happen to him last week.

Has anyone else heard one of these?

These people wake up every day and ask themselves how they can show that they are more woke. It’s like a race.

(09-17-2021 02:55 PM)Captain Bearcat Wrote:  Was at a meeting at work yesterday (on zoom, of course). The moderator started the meeting by making a "land acknowledgement." Basically a 5 minute lecture on the history of how the land she lives on was stolen from Indians & how large of a spiritual debt she owes to that particular tribe.

My brother had the same thing happen to him last week.

Has anyone else heard one of these?

Have they let a bunch of people out of the spiritualist camps?

(09-17-2021 04:14 PM)Niner National Wrote:  If she feels that strongly about it, she can gift it back to them and rid herself of her spiritual debt.

Should have been told that during the zoom. Would have seen just how ashamed she was.

(09-17-2021 03:10 PM)memtigbb Wrote:  

(09-17-2021 03:02 PM)49RFootballNow Wrote:  The answer to that is:

Which native tribe?

The ones that stole it from the tribe that was there before them only a few decades before your ancestors arrived?

Or the ones that tribe stole it from first 300 years before?

Or the ones that stole it from that tribe 600 years before?

ect.

Everything in the world was flowers and roses and living with the animals and having love-ins with your neighbors before mean old whitey showed up.

Yep, I say the same thing.. Maybe if they werent so busy trying to kill each other, they would have allied together and fought against us. The world was war, I will not be ashamed because my forefathers won.

It was dog eat dog in the Americas. And Cro Magnon displaced Neanderthal in Europe. Farmers from the middle east displaced Cro Magnon. Celts then took over pushing tribes like the Basques into the mountains.. Then milk drinking Indo-European tribes from the Russian Steppe displaced the Celts. Then Germans displaced the remaining Celts from the British Isles and France. Then they displaced the Indians in North America.

(09-17-2021 03:08 PM)Eagleaidaholic Wrote:  

(09-17-2021 02:55 PM)Captain Bearcat Wrote:  Was at a meeting at work yesterday (on zoom, of course). The moderator started the meeting by making a "land acknowledgement." Basically a 5 minute lecture on the history of how the land she lives on was stolen from Indians & how large of a spiritual debt she owes to that particular tribe.

My brother had the same thing happen to him last week.

Has anyone else heard one of these?

How does she know if they weren't paid for it?

The land our family has was bought originally from an Indisn so they can frick right on off.

Could frick off anyway but can really super duper frick off in this case

Bwahahaha

(09-17-2021 04:42 PM)bullet Wrote:  

(09-17-2021 03:10 PM)memtigbb Wrote:  

(09-17-2021 03:02 PM)49RFootballNow Wrote:  The answer to that is:

Which native tribe?

The ones that stole it from the tribe that was there before them only a few decades before your ancestors arrived?

Or the ones that tribe stole it from first 300 years before?

Or the ones that stole it from that tribe 600 years before?

ect.

Everything in the world was flowers and roses and living with the animals and having love-ins with your neighbors before mean old whitey showed up.

Yep, I say the same thing.. Maybe if they werent so busy trying to kill each other, they would have allied together and fought against us. The world was war, I will not be ashamed because my forefathers won.

It was dog eat dog in the Americas. And Cro Magnon displaced Neanderthal in Europe. Farmers from the middle east displaced Cro Magnon. Celts then took over pushing tribes like the Basques into the mountains.. Then milk drinking Indo-European tribes from the Russian Steppe displaced the Celts. Then Germans displaced the remaining Celts from the British Isles and France. Then they displaced the Indians in North America.

This


People are stupid.