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Re:After 184 years, Cherokees seek House delegate seat promi... by dsfyu404ed on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @07:53PM (#21277446)
>All I have to say to this is a deal's a deal. Doesn't matter if it was 184 years ago.

It doesn't work like that when you make a deal with the government. Just ask a native American if you don't believe me. :)

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Re:After 184 years, Cherokees seek House delegate seat promi... by r00fus on Wednesday October 16, 2019 @08:51PM (#21277883)
A tautology - US has disenfranchised and cheated the native Americans before so it should continue ?
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Re:After 184 years, Cherokees seek House delegate seat promi... by vinay427 on Thursday October 17, 2019 @01:38AM (#21279199)
I would agree with cheated, not disenfranchised. It's easy to make the argument that they're not continuing disenfranchisement here.
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