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[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 10 points 8 months ago (2 children)

He's saying Native Americans lived in societies, that they had wars, territories, and slaves the same as we do now.

[–] Harbinger01173430@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago

Exactly. They were and are not noble savages like many people believe.

[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Right. Again, how is that relevant to the post?

My point is that perhaps the comment was designed to undercut the post. But it's off topic, so the best they could do was be ambiguous about why they wrote it. This kind of vague insinuation is a classic political argument tactic.

[–] FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today 0 points 8 months ago

How dare people add context or nuance to your perfect world.