Perhaps you need to learn about zionism and what its goals are!!! On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 9:44 AM, Regan Duffy <[email protected]> wrote:
> Non sequiturs piled upon non sequiturs. > > *Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID* > > > Brian Bednarek <[email protected]> wrote: > > I understood Plain Ol to be saying that zionists by the nature of zionism > require that they occupy what was formerly Palestine and Trans-Jordan ... a > land mass!!! > > On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 8:53 PM, Regan Duffy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Non-sequitoritis strikes again. >> >> *Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID* >> >> >> plainolamerican <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> A Country is not simply the land mass that you occupy. >> --- >> try telling a zionist that. >> >> On Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at 5:10:14 PM UTC-6, fed up wrote: >>> >>> She was obviously using this approach to illustrate a few concepts that >>> progressives are too dull to understand: >>> 1. Liberals are constantly redefining terms with long held definitions >>> to suit their narrative. >>> 2. The term "Native American" is a misnomer since the ancestors of the >>> various Indian tribes came from Eurasia by crossing the Bering sea when the >>> Bering Strait was frozen, following migrating herds (i.e. they came here to >>> exploit the natural resources). The first Americans were thus also >>> immigrants. >>> 3. Countries are voluntary (or involuntary for those living under >>> Communist regimes) associations of people who have made a social contract >>> to live by certain rules, including borders. A Country is not simply the >>> land mass that you occupy. >>> >>> These are apparently difficult concepts to comprehend for that segment >>> of our society whose thoughts and actions are the outcome of random, >>> hormone (or drug) induced neural firings in response to external stimuli. >>> >>> *Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID* >>> >>> >>> Keith In Tampa <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> *"Ann is an idiot living off the idiocy of the gop." *Says a Racist >>> Anti-Semitic Anti-American..... >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 2:06 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Ann is an idiot living off the idiocy of the gop. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at 1:00:10 PM UTC-6, Travis wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Everyone (or their ancestors) came from somewhere else. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> B >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> http://www.mintpressnews.com/ann-coulter-claims-to-be-native-american-because-she-descended-from-settlers/211113/ >>>>> Ann Coulter Claims To Be Native American Because She Descended From >>>>> Settlers >>>>> >>>>> [image: Description: Ann Coulter] >>>>> >>>>> *Ann Coulter* >>>>> >>>>> Ann Coulter <http://www.anncoulter.com>made a guest appearance on *The >>>>> View <http://abc.go.com/shows/the-view>*to promote her latest book *Adios, >>>>> America: The Left’s Plan to Turn Our Country Into a Third World Hellhole >>>>> <http://www.amazon.com/Adios-America-Lefts-Country-Hellhole-ebook/dp/B00R3L7502>*. >>>>> Since Coulter has built an entire career on the shock value of her >>>>> political opinions, it is not surprising that this interview was filled >>>>> with controversial statements about immigrants, and a questionable >>>>> presentation of United States history. >>>>> >>>>> A couple minutes into the interview >>>>> <http://morningafter.gawker.com/watch-the-women-of-the-view-wail-on-ann-coulter-for-fou-1736942566>, >>>>> host Ana Navarro <http://abc.go.com/shows/the-view/cast/ana-navarro> >>>>> challenged Coulter’s views about immigrants by asking if her family >>>>> immigrated to America. Coulter responded to Navarro’s question by stating >>>>> that she is actually a Native American because she descended from the >>>>> early >>>>> settlers who founded the United States. Coulter goes on to say that she is >>>>> also not an immigrant >>>>> <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/megan-smolenyak-smolenyak/ann-coulters-immigrant-an_b_8332212.html> >>>>> because she does not currently reside on tribal land (even though she >>>>> likely does). The interview transcript that is listed below outlines the >>>>> conversation between Navarro and Coulter: >>>>> >>>>> *Ana Navarro:** “What’s your family’s immigration story, right, are >>>>> you a Native American?”* >>>>> >>>>> *Ann Coulter:** “Why, yes I am. I am a settler. I am >>>>> descended from settlers—not from immigrants.”* >>>>> >>>>> *Raven-Symoné:** “So that’s not a Native American, you >>>>> are…”* >>>>> >>>>> *Padma Lakshmi:** “That’s not a Native American, that’s >>>>> an immigrant…That’s just a holder…”* >>>>> >>>>> *Ann Coulter:** “No, if you mean Indian…If you mean >>>>> INDIAN…”* >>>>> >>>>> *Ana Navarro:** “Were you already here when the pilgrims >>>>> showed up? Were your people here?”* >>>>> >>>>> *Ann Coulter:** “Well no, but I am not living in Cherokee >>>>> Nation. So, I am not an immigrant to Cherokee Nation. I am living in >>>>> America—which was created by settlers, not immigrants.”* >>>>> >>>>> Although Coulter shares a number of questionable comments throughout >>>>> the interview, I would like to focus this discussion on why Coulter >>>>> chooses >>>>> to call herself a Native American. >>>>> >>>>> Coulter’s beliefs about the history of the United States are steeped >>>>> in a Manifest Destiny <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifest_destiny> >>>>> narrative. To Coulter, America came into existence because of the efforts >>>>> and ingenuity of early settlers to discover an unoccupied territory and >>>>> forge a government. Coulter defends this half-truth by stating that: “[she >>>>> is] not living in Cherokee Nation. So [she is] not an immigrant to >>>>> Cherokee >>>>> Nation. [She is] living in America—which was created by settlers, not >>>>> immigrants.” Her views on how America came to be purposefully ignore the >>>>> long legacy of aboriginal land ownership. Moreover, she does not >>>>> acknowledge that America was not unoccupied when it was “discovered” by >>>>> settlers, or the atrocities that were committed against Native people that >>>>> resulted in the displacement of these societies to the reservations that >>>>> exist today. >>>>> >>>>> The core of Coulter’s argument against immigration (which is >>>>> highlighted in the interview transcript) is that there exists two >>>>> classifications of immigrants, (1) the early settlers that predate the >>>>> United States, and (2) everyone else. Coulter is not using the term >>>>> *Native >>>>> American* to claim a connection to a Native Nation, rather, she is >>>>> using the label as a rhetorical tool to weave a semantic argument. Her >>>>> bastardized definition of* Native American* enables her to craft an >>>>> artificial (and arguably racist) hierarchy where her ancestry and >>>>> individuals sharing a similar background as her are deemed “real >>>>> Americans.” In essence, Coulter has given herself the right to define who >>>>> belongs in this Country, and who does not. Following Coulter’s argument to >>>>> its logical end, neither Native people or anyone who has immigrated in the >>>>> last 100 years can fit into Coulter’s narrowed definition of a “real >>>>> American.” >>>>> >>>>> Coulter is soft-selling this Country’s painful history of colonization >>>>> in order to spin a more palatable creation story of the United States that >>>>> is in alignment with her political orientations, and her understanding of >>>>> herself as a “true American.” However, for Coulter to admit that she is >>>>> anything other than a *Native American *would weaken her broader >>>>> ideological arguments against immigration to a-pot-calling-a-kettle-black >>>>> debate. >>>>> >>>>> *Dr. Christie Poitra holds a PhD in Educational Policy from Michigan >>>>> State University, and a Master of Arts degree in American Indian Studies >>>>> from UCLA. She writes about tribal governments, educational policy and >>>>> politics. 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