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Arkansas

walkingman

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1. No, indoctrination was when we were taught in public schools

Reply to Jilly_in_VA (Original post)

Tue Aug 15, 2023, 04:26 PM

Aug 2023

that "Manifest Destiny" was the United States is destined by God to expand its dominion and spread democracy and capitalism across the entire North American continent. It was used to rationalize the removal of
American Indians from their native homelands and used to validate acquisitions in the Oregon Country, Texas, New Mexico, and California.

Not a mention of American imperialism - pure whitewashing of American history and it continues even today.

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No, indoctrination was when we were taught in public schools walkingman Aug 2023 #1

I wish Arkansas hadn't elected Sarah Sanders and these lunatics. emulatorloo Aug 2023 #2

Sarah is a beard, a stooge, placed out front. Who is actually running Arkansas? keithbvadu2 Aug 2023 #3