This kind of argument wouldn't seem like news if we could just remember that the United States was/is a basically white supremacist project.
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Replying to @zunguzungu
@zunguzungu Then again, I went to a school named for a guy regarded as very clever for having engaged in said genocide.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel Which guy? (except, though, who didn't!)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @zunguzungu
@zunguzungu "Lord Jeffrey Amherst was a soldier of the King who sold smallpox blankets that didn't mean a thing." Or something like that.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel@zunguzungu I went to Williams, and I think we once yelled “smallpox blankets” to taunt the visiting Amherst basketball team.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @daiyami
@daiyami Glad it was basketball, then, where we prolly beat you. Football'd be another matter. In any case, a fair taunt.@zunguzungu1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @emptywheel
@emptywheel but such a bizarre use/sense of history (@zunguzungu Williams & Amherst have an EXTREME rivalry )2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@daiyami Sure, but the other taunts were prolly about #3 ranking and safety school, right? Problem with nerdy fans. @zunguzungu
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