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Botany

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5. People needed medals for the murder of Native Americans on their own reservation?

Reply to BumRushDaShow (Original post)

Fri Sep 26, 2025, 09:39 AM

Friday

The rewriting of history by a fascist administration from putting up pictures of Robert E. Lee @ West
Point, trying to get the Smithsonian to stop denigrating slave owners, and now letting the awards of
soldiers who massacred starving Lakota after they did a dance called the “Ghost Dance” on themfrozen
ground.

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Hegseth says Wounded Knee soldiers will keep their Medals of Honor [View all] BumRushDaShow Friday OP

Their place in infamy. nt moniss Friday #1

Hegseth is totally unfit for his job RazorbackExpat Friday #2

He is exactly the man for the job according to the HR Department in Moscow LiberalArkie Friday #7

Wounded Knee is an extrodinary national embarrassment, and so is Hegseth William Seger Friday #3

..is there a Medal for Genocide? thomski64 Friday #12

Yes, their place in history is they actively massacred innocent people. sinkingfeeling Friday #4

People needed medals for the murder of Native Americans on their own reservation? Botany Friday #5

Mighty white of you, Hegseth. As usual. (nt) Paladin Friday #6

"no longer up for debate!" You sure about that? Grins Friday #8

"'Cause I said so!" roscoeroscoe Friday #16

The US version of genocide. Lonestarblue Friday #9

Next up: AverageOldGuy Friday #10

Maybe William Calley will get a posthumous Medal of Honor for My Lai. Ocelot II Friday #11

The slaughter of defenseless children, women and old men is definitely in a place of our history. Deuxcents Friday #13

Trump Administration... Promoters of White Supremacy djacq Friday #14

When is the end of this cretin coming liberalgunwilltravel Friday #15

Fuck hogsbreath. Codifer Friday #17

Hitting the sauce again, Kegsbreath? CTyankee Friday #18

No respect or knowledge of history Bayard Friday #19

Wrong again, Hogsbreath. Buddyzbuddy Friday #20