Posted on 09/14/2021 6:13:08 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
With lemon and black plumage, the Scott’s oriole flashes in the desert like a flame. But the bird’s name holds a violent history that Stephen Hampton can’t forget. He used to see the orioles often, living in California. Now that he lives outside the bird’s range, “I’m kind of relieved,” he says.
Hampton is a birder and registered citizen of the Cherokee Nation. Winfield Scott, a U.S. military commander and the bird’s namesake, drove Hampton’s ancestors and other Native Americans from their land in the 1800s during a series of forced marches now known as the Trail of Tears. The journey killed over 4,000 Cherokee, displacing as many as 100,000 people in the end.
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Zat you Jenny?
Ay, porfavor-esta mierda otra vez...
“Wokeness” needs to be entered into the DSM as a mental disorder-obviously-those who have Wokeness Disorder are paranoid, hysterical, with simple names of persons, places and animals causing them to react in exaggerated fear-they are in immediate need of psychotherapy to avoid being smacked down by those fed up with their screeching...
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“Now they’re going after Winfield Scott”
Old Fuss and Feathers said that Robert E. Lee was the best soldier he had ever seen.
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