Comments by "Roger Dodger" (@rogerdodger8415) on "Dakota Access Pipeline protest turns violent" video.

  1. The argument of, “the Americans drove the Indians off their land,” is so stupid if you examine it. The Indians always remained on the land, and they are still here today. One reason why many Europeans who spout this senseless argument is because they have never been to the United States and traveled around, or has bothered to read its history. If they did, they would know that there were many Indians all during our history, as there are many today. From the mid 1850s, they have had their own land to live on, called, Reservations. They can live there or anywhere that White people live. They have the best of both worlds--where they can live in any city and town that the rest of Americans do, and they can have a home and land on their reservations. On their reservations, they have their own laws. So, if they don’t like the laws that the US government has—as many other White Americans—they can live on their own land. For example, they can have their own casinos. A group of White people can’t get together as Indians can and decide this. On Reservations, they can engage in any business without all the paperwork that burdens White (and other races) taxpayers. Each person has many acres for their personal property, as well as other public areas that are shared by all Indians. They can hunt, fish, camp, or do whatever they want without federal agents coming by to see if they have a permit to fish, hunt, camp, or whatever. This land is beautiful, though not always the best in the state, but none-the-less, it is wide-open land. They did not have to save their whole life to get it, but was given it by their ancestors in the 19th century, which was in turn GIVEN by the White man. Contrast that to Americans who had to work and save many, many years to buy even the smallest piece of land. On top of that, they have to pay yearly property taxes. If they can’t afford it, they have to sell it, or if they don’t sell it, the government takes it and holds what is called a “tax sales auction,” where someone else buys the right to your property. If you do manage to hold on to your property after retirement, and you leave your home to your children, they have to pay inheritance tax on it and lawyers fees. Many times family members have to sell the home and land because they don’t have the cash to pay the blood-sucking government. Are the Indians--whom we are constantly told were driven from their land--treated like this? No! All their property is inherited tax-free, and can thus be fully enjoyed.
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