Pocahontas's a rape victim - Damn, didn't know that

[packman]

Last edited Fri Oct 5, 2018, 11:39 AM - Edit history (1)

I was fed that John Smith B.S. in school and her "escape" into white society.


NPS (National Park Service) link:

https://www.nps.gov/jame/learn/historyculture/pocahontas-her-life-and-legend.htm

[CountAllVotes]

1. Most of these "Indian" stories are pure B.S.

They fail to acknowledge the fact that millions of indigenous people were murdered in cold blood, a lot more that the 100,000 persons figure tossed around when I was in school.

This has left a big stain on America that will NEVER GO AWAY!

Stop the lies!

[Ferrets are Cool]

2. We will, at least MOST of the country, celebrate a holiday on Monday

of a child rapist and child trafficker. It is/was among one of the worst shames of our country....that is, until we voted in a certified molester as the potus.

[obamanut2012]

3. There is as little evidence of ANY of this as there is of the legend

There is actually evidence against her being raped, and it is extremely doubtful she was poisoned.

Her life and treatment by the English, including her English husband are terrible and sad enough that we don't need to promote very, very sketchy "historical facts." I also think doing so takes agency and focus off of her.

And, she may not have been a Disney Princess, but she was Algonquin Princess, and it is a disservice to her remarkable life to deny that, as this meme does.

[SweetieD]

4. She was essentially a child concubine. I believe she was only about 12 or 13 when

she was forced to marry that white English man in his 40s or 50s. It was under duress and she could not make the decision wilfully even if she wanted to. yet Disney made it a love story. Really sick. A lot of Indian stories you hear are myths created in the mid 19th century by East coast white people after many groups were either annihilated or forced west.

[Bayard]

5. Her Too

From what I've read, Native women were often kidnapped and passed around on these expeditions.

White men would accept (or beg) for their help when necessary, then treat them as sub-human later.

[CountAllVotes]

6. I can finally say this

My foster grandmother was Cherokee/Choctaw.

Her father died leaving her and her sister to fend for themselves. They traveled to Oklahoma territory (c. 1920) and along came my foster grandfather w/brother en tote.

They spotted the two girls and it was announced, "Oh goody! One for me and one for you!".

These poor women finally managed to escape these evil men that ruined their lives after many years of horrific abuse. In the end, they had found new lives that weren't necessarily better but at least they were somewhat free. Two more cases of #metoo in your face white boys from Missouri.

Needless to say, I have little to do with these *relatives* as they are not in fact related to me.

They are a batch of pukes today. Who could expect anything less? Seems to come with that word RAPEPUBLICAN IMO!

[Bayard]

7. Oh my

They were brave, enduring women.