Conquistadores

Senator Brownback apologizes for America's treatment of the Native Americans. Freepers are not down with this, and respond with the logic of the conquistadores:

downtownconservative starts out with the American exceptionalism argument...

I’ve always said that the stronger culture won out. The indians were primative beings who would still be nomdic and living in teepees if not for the European settlers. If the English had not initially settled America, Asians or other Europeans would have.

It’s like the argument against La Raza who wants Texas, NM, AZ and Calif sent back to Mexico, since the US stole the land. Had Mex held on to these territories, they’d be just like the Mexico we see today, corrupt, poor, and underdeveloped, just like the US would be had the native cultures remained preimminent.

and then effortlessly pivots to attack Mexicans as well!

yarddog goes with the "well, we didn't kill all of them'" angle:

We could easily have killed them all. The fact that there are probably millions of Indians in America today speaks totally of the decency of White people. Many, but not all, Indians would not have shown the same mercy had they prevailed.

And the Stalin didn't kill every Russian either. Communism works! I also like the evil savages moral equivalence bit at the end.

fifthestate

Well that’s fine but are the Indians going to apologize for raiding our wagon trains?

Yet when a burglar sues a homeowner for unnecessary force, Freepers want to kill the guy

wilco200 goes for the "property is for civilized folks":

This land was unincorporated. The indians were squatters. It’s American now and has been for 230+ years. Time to get a grip and move on. And forget the apologies.

Squatters?

Sacajaweau is ironically named:

They played the game. If it wasn't for us, they probably would have killed each other off. It's the same tribal problems of Afghanistan and other "tribal" countries.

Then we go beyond the craziness of 1500s Spain to a realm reached only be Freepers:

keykitten is hilarious:

Look at it this way:
The white settlers were homeless with everything
they owned in their little covered wagons. They were
immigrants bringing diversity to the Western US.
They were only looking for work the Indians wouldn’t do.
The Indians used racial epithets against them
e.g. ‘PALEFACE’ The Indians owe their descendants
reparations for goodness sakes.

White folks: when will they stop being victimized by the other races?

Eagles6 doesn't believe in "feeling sorry" only "thinking sorry."

Apologies delivered due to political correctness are are given because of pressure and/or emotions, not logic and reason

goodnesswins has an interesting definition of socialism:

Yes...putting the Indians on Reservations was the first SOCIALIZATION of this nation....hasn’t worked out well...

OMG! And it's in the very Constitution!!