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      Well no, the Amish were settlers too. They’re just working with the Indians instead of in spite of the Indians.

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        they were all born there. we need to stop considering ancestors and consider the living.

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          We can stop when we actually give them the same opportunities and protections white people get. You don’t get to oppress a population for 500 years and then just act like nothing happened.

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              Civil Asset Forfeiture, fleeing felon rule, subjective reasons for searches, qualified immunity…

              Pretty much everything that allows for selective enforcement of laws.

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            did the current, living Amish oppress them? did I? did you? who is the “you” in your sentence?