Comments by "Digital Nomad" (@digitalnomad9985) on "What's Wrong With The 1619 Project? | 5 Minute Video" video.

@truthsaviour8804 "Have you ever been taught in elementary school that the Europeans tried to exterminate the Indians when they came to the new world? Of course not." Because the whole notion is absurd. The "Europeans" had the power to exterminate the aboriginal Americans. They did not. Some individuals carried out genocidal projects, but there never was a general consensus in favor of the policy. A lot of "Europeans" wanted their land. Few wanted their blood. And if they had, there would now be no Indians. And I wouldn't be here. I think Andrew Jackson would have been down with that. But he knew it was politically impossible.
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@truthsaviour8804 "You seem to suggest that because slavery existed for thousands of years, what is the big deal." No, that's your straw man. The argument is since slavery is immemorial and ubiquitous, it is not European or American. The only unique thing Christendom did to slavery is end it.
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