It’s way too late now, but if ever there was a group of Americans who could have justifiably posited the “Great Replacement Theory” as it pertains to their race it is the American Indian. At one time, Indians were the sole humans occupying America; now they represent just 1.1% of the population. Not only did they lose their lives, they lost their land and their culture and became second class citizens in the land they had lived in for centuries.
There are many whites who subscribe to the Replacement Theory and fear they are in danger of being replaced as a majority by minorities. That theory is promulgated on Fox News, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch, an Australian immigrant. Murdoch became a naturalized American citizen in 1985, a requirement to own a TV network.
The country of Murdoch’s birth has also been cruel to its own indigenous people, the Aborigines, once the only humans in Australia. They were often ruthlessly hunted down, and have alwaysbeen subordinated to the whites who have taken over their land. The Aboriginal population in Australia is 3.3%.
So, it’s a bit rich and ironic that Murdoch’s cable station wants to take up the rhetorical sword for American whites who fear they may be overtaken in numbers by other races. Although promoting this theory is highly remunerative for Murdoch and his kin, unfortunately, this also stokes resentment and roils divisions in his adopted land. This can lead to violence; dangerous to do in a country where there are more guns than people, some of which are weapons of war that the owners, in their weakness, are willing to use to slaughter innocents.
So right!! I've always tanned really well, even to the point that my black and biracial friends asks me if I'm biracial. So I've always been afraid that white Fox news watchers might try to shoot me down in the streets with all their hate and guns. Luckily Trump came out with the red Maga hat so I can signal to my fellow whites that I'm a friendly and to move on to the next target.
Be careful out there Charlie! Lots of white racist , be careful where you go ! Remember the innocent black man in Georgia was innocently jogging down a street and was killed by 3 white supremacist Trump supporters. ( one man was a father that taught it to his son , the second man- the third was a neighbor! )
Andrea and BL have hit the nail “ squarely “ on the head, discussing white racial angst! I’ve driven many nails over the years , and there is an art to keeping the head of the hammer square over the head of the nail at a ninety degree angle , as you swing the hammer , so as not to bend the nail or drive it in the wood at a wrong angle. If they were literally driving a nail , their would be no doubt that they’ve done it perfectly.
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So right!! I've always tanned really well, even to the point that my black and biracial friends asks me if I'm biracial. So I've always been afraid that white Fox news watchers might try to shoot me down in the streets with all their hate and guns. Luckily Trump came out with the red Maga hat so I can signal to my fellow whites that I'm a friendly and to move on to the next target.
Be careful out there Charlie! Lots of white racist , be careful where you go ! Remember the innocent black man in Georgia was innocently jogging down a street and was killed by 3 white supremacist Trump supporters. ( one man was a father that taught it to his son , the second man- the third was a neighbor! )
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Somewhere, somehow, someone who doesn't look like me is and I think is inferior to me is being treated as my equal.
Andrea and BL have hit the nail “ squarely “ on the head, discussing white racial angst! I’ve driven many nails over the years , and there is an art to keeping the head of the hammer square over the head of the nail at a ninety degree angle , as you swing the hammer , so as not to bend the nail or drive it in the wood at a wrong angle. If they were literally driving a nail , their would be no doubt that they’ve done it perfectly.
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