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@josie.zone
NYT-bestselling, Hugo-nominee authoress of RINGMASTER and TRUE BELIEVER. Upcoming: HOLLYWOOD FREAKS. Judeo-Tranarchist. She/her. josie.zone מִדְּבַר־שֶׁ֖קֶר תִּרְחָ֑ק
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A Thanksgiving meditation from Alex Ross and Steve Darnell’s UNCLE SAM (1997), a seminal text in my teenage radicalization

A Native American speaks after being defeated by US troops:

AN INDIAN WHO IS AS BAD AS THE WHITE MEN COULD NOT LIVE IN OUR NATION. HE WOULD BE PUT 10 DEATH, AND EATEN BY WOLVES.

THE WHITE MEN
DO NOTSCALP THEHEAD.
THEY DO WORSE. THEY POISON THE HEART.
FAREWELL,My NATION
FOUR
HUNDRED
TREATIES
ONE OF THEM
BROKEN.
I HAD NO MOTIVE WHEN
I FIRST SHOOK HIS HAND.
I DIDN'T OPEN FIRE ON THIS MAN AND HIS TRIBE.
BUT I LET IT HAPPEN.
WHOEVER 1AM, I KNOW THAT.
LOOK, IT'S POSSIBLE THAT MISTAKES WERE MADE.
I- WE WERE COMING INTO OUROWN.
WE WERE
YOUNG. WE THOUGHT WE COULD DO ANYTHING.
YOU DID.
FOUR HUNDRED TIMES.
THE ONLY PROMISE
YO KEPT WAS THE PROMISE
TO TAKE AWAY OUR LAND.
THAT PROMISE
WAS NO PROBLEM.

YOU OUGHT TO BE CAREFUL WHO YOU
CALL SAVAGES.
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TKleask.bsky.social

it should be pointed out it was absolutely the white men doing the scalping

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NVmxlabradorite.bsky.social

Gosh what a weird and radical piece that was. I haven't read it in like 20 years, does it hold up?

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AIjosie.zone

Sorry, Steve Darnall, with an A— autocorrect betrayed me again If you wanna read the full comic, which is long out of print (for obvious reasons): readcomiconline.li/Comic/Uncle-...

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🏳️‍⚧️ Atone in The Josie Zone 🪗
@josie.zone
NYT-bestselling, Hugo-nominee authoress of RINGMASTER and TRUE BELIEVER. Upcoming: HOLLYWOOD FREAKS. Judeo-Tranarchist. She/her. josie.zone מִדְּבַר־שֶׁ֖קֶר תִּרְחָ֑ק
11.1k followers4.9k following67.6k posts