Quote (ofthevoid @ Oct 19 2018 05:24pm)
At some point, you have to move on from the victim mentality. I've made this point before but ill make it again I guess.
Every single group at one time or another has been oppressed. For example, my 'people' were under Ottoman rule for on and off for 600 years. Before that, it was various kingdoms and other empires (Austro-Hungarian, Huns, etc). After the Ottomans, there were the Great Wars. After the Soviets took over many people were sent to gulags because of property ownership and/or Christianity. My great grandmother got her store, land, cattle taken away and shipped off to Siberia, at that time my grandmother was like 10 years old. My grandmother has told me stories about working a whole day to be able to buy a loaf of bread to feed her siblings. She's told me stories about people freezing to death or dying of starvation. My mother was actually born in Siberia and shortly after my grandparents were allowed to go back to their homeland.
So, eventually, my grandmother made it to the US and because of that, I was able to come here as a child and grow up in an amazing country which I love and which has given me opportunities to excel.
The thing is I don't look at my ancestor's sufferings as a sort of badge to be able to flash in the Oppression Olympics to get some favorable deal. I know I will never get reparations for my ancestors sufferings from the Turks, Russians or whomever, nor do I expect it. What's annoying though is since my skin is white, I'm told that I have some nebulous privilege in this country. And then an immigrant like myself sees actual privilege as some Natives have, and I wonder to my self at what point do these people just take their lives in their own hands like everyone else?
and I'll make my point once again as well
a devout Christian has no place telling a proud Lakota to get over victim mentality
no minority group in America plays the victim card as loosely as christian conservatives
Quote (SBD @ Oct 19 2018 05:23pm)
To this day you're still poisoning yourself more than anyone else at present. You can give me your speech again of how it's on your blood if you want it's a good laugh.
And not its not past that time. Guess you missed ww1, imperialism being a major factor. Command and conquer was still alive and kicking.
Sorry you got a shit roll of the dice.
We will rise
I was born addicted just like many but I've never used. It is in the blood.
the urges, the triggers, the near inability to abstain
Your view on addiction is about as closed off as your view on indigenous people
This post was edited by Beowulf on Oct 19 2018 06:39pm