Post #361113
2026-02-08 17:20 UTC
Replies (10)
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@karlauerbach@sfba.social 2026-02-08 19:08
@gdinwiddie@mastodon.social It bothered me, and still bothers me, that SCOTUS has gone into hyper originalist mode in which the history or the US is measured by practices of the thirteen colonies. SCOTUS and others tend to forget that the vast geographic, and population, bulk of the US is on lands obtained from France, Spain, Mexico, Russia, and the Dole Pineapple company (and others). My own place, like many places, was originally held by aboriginal groups, then Spain, then Mexico. English was certainly not the first language here, and it is barely the dominant language spoken here now (Same for laws - SCOTUS in the Heller case kinda overlooked the firearms practices and laws that held in that vast part of the US that is not part of the thirteen colonies.)
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@faraiwe@mstdn.social 2026-02-08 19:20
@gdinwiddie@mastodon.social ::stands up, applauds::
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@haubles@hachyderm.io 2026-02-08 19:34
@gdinwiddie@mastodon.social benito <3
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@benjamin_kenobi@mastodon.social 2026-02-08 19:50
@gdinwiddie@mastodon.social Spanish of course being an indigenous lanugage of the Americas.
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@mutter01@mastodon.social 2026-02-08 21:28
@gdinwiddie@mastodon.social And he’s able to get elected president as a US born citizen. Not that I think he should. You already had an actor and a reality “star”. Didn’t work quite right. BUT..,
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@nelson@wetdry.world 2026-02-08 21:54
@gdinwiddie@mastodon.social i really dont like this guy, but... sigh, he's so right for this lol
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@heygarrett@social.lol 2026-02-08 22:30
@gdinwiddie@mastodon.social Do you have a source for this quote? I can't find one anywhere.
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@megatronicthronbanks@mastodon.social 2026-02-08 23:09
@gdinwiddie@mastodon.social English IS a pretty simple language, compared to most others, which makes it useful.
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@Pellani@mastodon.social 2026-02-09 00:16
@gdinwiddie@mastodon.social The burn.
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@darkuncle@infosec.exchange 2026-02-09 03:29
@gdinwiddie@mastodon.social the hero we need