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I think people will use any excuse , even a flimsy obvious illusion of guilt, to harm a group they hate.
I mean just recently, every time there is a shooting, the media immediately tries to blame lefties. And then they use that to excuse ramping up violence against the left.
Even tho it's clear to everyone else the right are 90% of the time, the perp. Cause they promote violence.
Also. Just like police violence on minorities. The news often, at present and historically, does not report on hate crimes if the person(s) getting harmed are a minority that is devalued in their society.
I mean I'm not saying 100% , natives were harmed from the tea party's little costume charade. But they could have been. I think it's reasonable to assume if it did happen, it wasn't reported.
I am saying tho. They didn't choose to dress up as natives purely for camouflage.
They absolutely wanted to put the heat on a group that was vulnerable and already disliked. To reduce chances of them being held accountable.
So. Racism.
They could have dressed up in Venetian costumes. Or just wore face coverings . Or dressed as women.
They choose natives because they used them as a scapegoat.