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Ocelot II

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3. All of us or our ancestors wound up here in one of three ways:

Wed Jul 15, 2026, 10:52 AM

19 hrs ago

1. Our ancestors had already been here for thousands of years, or
2. Our ancestors were kidnapped and brought here involuntarily, or
3. Our ancestors were immigrants who occupied the land belonging to #1, and/or benefited from the forced labor of #2.

Those of us in category #3 would do well to remember how we got here and what we took from #s1 and 2, and stop being such dicks about today's immigrants.

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Except for Native Americans, We Are All of Immigrant Stock! [View all] MineralMan 19 hrs ago OP

I agree totally Just_Vote_Dem 19 hrs ago #1

Trump's Grandfather Was an Immigrant. MineralMan 19 hrs ago #2

Even (many) Native Americans migrated in the continent through Siberia-Alaska Justice matters. 17 hrs ago #33

His mother was an immigrant, as well, from Scotland. Bumbles 17 hrs ago #34

Thanks! MineralMan 17 hrs ago #35

You're most welcome. Bumbles 16 hrs ago #37

All of us or our ancestors wound up here in one of three ways: Ocelot II 19 hrs ago #3

Well said. yardwork 19 hrs ago #6

And quite a few of us have ancestry from more than one of those 3 categories. wnylib 17 hrs ago #25

I still can't wrap my head around the stupidity... Blue Owl 19 hrs ago #4

Simple answer: the evil doers play on people's prejudices. yardwork 19 hrs ago #5

They believed it before Reagan came along EYESORE 9001 19 hrs ago #10

Oh definitely! Reagan just made it acceptable again. yardwork 19 hrs ago #11

True TexLaProgressive 19 hrs ago #7

Have you ever looked up the history of the Indigenous nations in LA niyad 18 hrs ago #19

We Are All Immigrants ahnakneemoose 19 hrs ago #8

Yes, but they were here long before the Europeans arrived. MineralMan 19 hrs ago #9

Correct and Understood (n/t) ahnakneemoose 19 hrs ago #12

I actually agree Lategame 17 hrs ago #20

Or to take it further, everyone outside of wnylib 17 hrs ago #31

Even those of us whose ancestors didn't willingly come (n/t) appmanga 19 hrs ago #13

Yes! MineralMan 19 hrs ago #14

Acc to lore, all of us today got off the boat - Noah's Ark. Norrrm 18 hrs ago #15

LOL! MineralMan 18 hrs ago #16

Yes surfered 18 hrs ago #17

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which flavour pizza do you like? niyad 17 hrs ago #21

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Aw, Heck! I Missed That. MineralMan 17 hrs ago #27

You didn't really miss anything. MIRT was, of course, right on it! niyad 11 hrs ago #40

Americans come from every continent on the planet.... California Kid 17 hrs ago #23

As far as we know. MineralMan 17 hrs ago #28

A distraction. relogic 17 hrs ago #24

Absolutely! My ancestors were German and Irish FakeNoose 17 hrs ago #26

Nobody in my family had an interest in geneology. MineralMan 17 hrs ago #30

A lot of the info is searchable on line now, but you need to know a few basics FakeNoose 16 hrs ago #36

Same with my mom's family. I know they were here for quite a while, but didn't know anything about them. LeftInTX 16 hrs ago #38

The young JFK wrote a book called "A Nation of Immigrants". greatauntoftriplets 17 hrs ago #29

As the grandson of one immigrant, and the son of wnylib 17 hrs ago #32

Haven't missed his latest OTT rant. LeftInTX 16 hrs ago #39

I'd go farther and say EVERYONE is a migrant. WarGamer 11 hrs ago #41