[lbo-talk] more Churchill/Holocaust

Carrol Cox cbcox at ilstu.edu
Thu May 18 17:30:33 PDT 2006


Dwayne Monroe wrote:
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>
> Westward expansion (as every school child used to
> know) was the battle cry and the native peoples were
> perceived as being an obstacle in need of quick and
> decisive removal.

It is worthwhile remembering that the slogan "Go West, Young Man" is not all that separate from the slogan, "The only good Indian is a dead Indian."

And that latter slogan surely ranks in importance with any of the more polite slogans of u.s. (e pluribus unum; in god we trust; etc.).

Carrol



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