The lies that bind political coalitions together, the art of the possible fiction which might be brought to horrible life, ...
-- rec -- On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 12:41 PM, gⅼеɳ ☣ <geprope...@gmail.com> wrote: > But did the Mexican Repatriation also include things like rape, burning > villages, and indiscriminant execution? I can imagine it did, but would > rather not believe it. > > It's still so jarring to me, given the cultural appropriation of Buddhism > in Western developed countries, to hear phrases like "nationalist > Buddhists" and such. With Israel, I grew up with the contradiction of the > Jews I knew, who were entirely kind and intellectual, versus those > confiscating land from Arabs. So, I've been exposed to that dissonance all > my life. But my only exposure to Buddhism as a kid was through my CCD > teacher, who probably had a *very* stilted understanding. > > On 09/14/2017 06:31 PM, Steven A Smith wrote: > > Right here in River City (well, mostly California, but throughout the > US) the 1930's "Mexican Repatriation Act" deported on the order of 1-2M US > Citizens because of their ethnicity (along with a smaller number of > non-Citizens more recently immigrated from Mexico), qualifying for our > modern definition of "ethnic cleansing". > > -- > ☣ gⅼеɳ > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >
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