Plus the whole “I don’t go so far as to think that the only good Indians are the dead Indians, but I believe nine out of every 10 are" thing from Teddy. https://t.co/QZdFsT9qC5
At the Indigenous Peoples Day of Rage in Portland tonight, statues of Teddy Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln were pulled down.
Lincoln ordered the biggest mass execution in US history when the federal government publicly hung 38 indigenous people in 1862- https://t.co/uPf2RsQ7VL
@simulacra09 While I was at Standing Rock I met a filmmaker who is documenting the systematic government sterilization of native women that continued until the late 70s. I was shocked to see it happening again and the world is quiet. It’s maddening
@Rilik24@sunseeker1973 Life, prayer is not something that we’ve seen him do in a way that seems like he is used to it. But instead of passing judgement clergy should invite him to prayer. I wish he brought someone ‘of the cloth’ to help lead a prayer instead of a show of force
@Rilik24@sunseeker1973 But he never stopped to pray, and he hadn’t attempted to quell the violence and anger surging through the nation. You are right, nobody knows his heart and we haven’t really seen his relationship with god publicly. I personally think people sense that it’s not an active part of
@Rilik24@sunseeker1973@rilik24 I will try to clarify for the benefit of mutual understanding. I’m open to the possibility of learning from you opening my heart a little more @sunseeker1973 I wasn’t referring to ‘it sickens me’ - I do believe that words of that nature directed at yourself are harmful
@Rilik24@sunseeker1973 My point is that if you believe that you are made in his image and live by his word, than we should strive to live by them and do as he would. I think @mebudde and many other took offense to the fact that he made a serious effort to go to that church and hold up the Bible, but
@Rilik24@sunseeker1973 to you, it’s like inviting in sickness. I was referring to the part ‘my god doesn’t judge the hearts of men’ while you passed judgment on another. I pointed it out because you were rebuking someone publicly for passing judgment as you passed judgment. I’ve done this many times