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To: SJackson

Slashing humor combined with reality like this:

The Spanish imperialists regarded all native peoples as heathen savages and sought to convert them to Roman Catholicism by any means necessary. The 1513 El Requerimiento drafted for King Ferdinand declares that the Pope rules all people. So convert or else the Spanish, with the help of God, will use force against you, “declaring war” by all possible means, and “enslave your persons, wives, and sons,” as the King sees fit.

Not much room there for negotiation, diversity, or democracy. And no separation of church and state.

California’s chain of religious missions is the direct legacy of Spanish colonialism. So are city names such as San Diego, Santa Ana, Santa Barbara and many others. Father Juan Crespi came up with El Rio de Nuestra Señora la Reyna de Los Angeles de Porciúncula, more commonly known as Los Angeles.

By the standards of the historical purge crew, these names are long overdue for fundamental change. Los Angeles could become Mickey Mouse City and San Diego the Navy Base City. San Francisco could opt for Sanctuary City and the state capital of Sacramento could be Politicianburg.


11 posted on 08/22/2017 6:07:33 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (Voting for Trump to be our President, made 62+ million of us into Dumb Deplorable Racists, Nah!!)
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To: Grampa Dave

They started it... let us finish it! Anyone for Los Angeles becoming Los Aliens ! Maybe San Francisco San Freakshow !!


12 posted on 08/22/2017 6:16:42 AM PDT by Republic Rocker
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To: Grampa Dave
The Spanish imperialists regarded all native peoples as heathen savages and sought to convert them to Roman Catholicism by any means necessary

And ENSLAVED them. Thus they're exempt from accusations of slavery. As are the Portugese in Brazil. And, of course, the Brits, who established slavery in their possessions, what is now the United States and throughout the Carribean. Lots of harm, no foul. The only evil is the period from 1776 (or 83) to 1865. 1619 to 1776 doesn't count when assessing "evil".

18 posted on 08/22/2017 4:47:07 PM PDT by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do !)
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