this was an extremely accurate depiction of a martial art practised in the colonies at that time and which, unfortunately, fell into disuse when it became illegal to strangle people for sport.
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DudeâŚ
There is no âtown seal depicting white man strangling Native Americanâ and that makeâs this a non-news story.
Mm hmm.
To funny.
To funny is TO LIVE!
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Bloody hell, America. JustâŚseriously.
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I donât know. In neither image does it look to me like anyone is being strangled.
I think the more pertinent question is why does Whitesboro, NY have such a lame ass town seal?
Maybe the colonist is⌠helping the guy up? Welp, time to go apply for Paula Deenâs Social Media Manager position.
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âWhoa buddy, I think youâve had one too many. Câmon, letâs get you home.â
On second thought that actually could still be kind of racist since it plays into the image of Native Americans as alcoholics.
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Maybe the explanation isnât that controverted. I see a baptism. The priest is pulling the native out from the water:
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That would be much much worse! 
One canât even begin to count the number of indigenous cultures have been destroyed because they were sublimated by people saving them from their âprimitive waysâ. So sad.
Depicting killing an individual is bad enough, depicting killing a way of life and ultimately an entire people with their rich culture and heritage is something much more insidious.
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Damnit, you made me watch his video again⌠And he is a damn fine dancer.
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Is there even any Native American syncretism in mainline protestant churches/evangelical churches? If there is, itâs not obvious to me. Although in cubscouts there kinda was, with the whole combo Native American/Jungle Book theme they had the pre-boyscouts adhere to in their pseudo-religion.
I mean, a lot of European Pagan traditions got to live on (albeit bastardized) in christian syncretic rituals (xmas and easter and bible-halloween-abuse-the-children-with-spaghetti-abortions anyone?)
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Interesting question. And it reminds me, though a bit off your topic, of when people tell me theyâre into âNative American spirituality.â
âOh really! Which one?â
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Well, yeah. But seriously, saying âIâm spiritual, but not religiousâ is one of those meaningless phrases like âI enjoy popular musicâ or âfood is often what I eat for dinnerâ. Iâve never encountered âspiritualityâ that asserts anything testable, so it usually goes on the religion pile in my brain.
But yeah, I remember when I was a kid in the pre-boyscouts (cub scouts) we had a few kids who were Native American, and their parents would come and tell us the Tlingit legend of Storm Boy and the Orcas.
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You knowâŚthe one with the dream catchers and sage smudge sticks and crystals!
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I think itâs wrestling. There is a legend or historical account of the townâs founder wrestling with a Native American, winning the contest, and gaining his respect.
Acknowledging that Native Americans are people whose respect must be earned does not seem all that racist to me.
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The person who designed the original version of the seal obviously had watched and patiently observed a friendly wrestling match. The person who drew the the cartoon version obviously hadnât. The big difference is between the two is the arms, if you ask me.
In the original seal, the wrestlersâ hands are grasping the upper arms, which are straight, in a defensive reflex. In the cartoon version, the hands are, ahem, resting on the shoulders. Obviously never wrestled. Sigh.
Nope, not racist, just really, really, really badly drawn.
/ Did wrestle in High School.
// Not to mention: the Native Americanâs head is nearly twice the size of the white guyâs. Amateur.
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Did BB generate this story or post a link to it?
Again, I never said this was a news site.
That amount of stupid you suffer from must be painful.
/Good day
I no longer regret the day I called city hall and asked if I had reached the town of Blacksboro, and when I was told, âNo, itâs Whitesboroâ I said âOh, sorry, wrong pimpleâ and hung up.
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At first glance youâd think this was taken from The Onion, but no. . . .
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Or maybe now Whitey is pulling the hapless Native American out of the water, saving him from drowning, and his primitive way of life. Now we can all get along.
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