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Seinan Sensei

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12. How about we re-dedicate "America" to what it was BEFORE 250 years ago

Reply to IcyPeas (Original post)

Sat May 16, 2026, 12:14 PM

19 hrs ago

You know. Let’s re-dedicate “America” to the 500+ tribes of First People who were here first — to their religions, cultures, art, literature, governance, and commerce.

To start continental history at 250 years ago is egocentric, ethnocentric, and arbitrary.

Otherwise, “rededicating ourselves back to reality” is a nonsensical phrase.

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The Founding Fathers... GiqueCee 21 hrs ago #5

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Yo. Turdblossom... GiqueCee 20 hrs ago #7

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So you say this is a Christian Nation? multigraincracker 19 hrs ago #11

How about we re-dedicate "America" to what it was BEFORE 250 years ago Seinan Sensei 19 hrs ago #12

Christian-Phistian! BH liberal 18 hrs ago #13

Yeah, no. City Lights 16 hrs ago #14