Posted on 08/17/2019 1:40:10 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
An MSNBC guest questioned the intelligence of Trump voters on Friday, asking if anyone who attended President Trump's rally in Manchester, N.H., can "point out Greenland on a map?"
On Thursday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Trump has asked his advisers whether the U.S. can acquire Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory, during "meetings, dinners, and passing conversations" because of Greenland's "abundant resources and geopolitical importance."
However, "The Beat" managing editor Tiffany Cross expressed concern when she heard that "the descendants of colonizers" are flimsily considering "taking land from indigenous people."
"This is something, you know his supporters are like just blind followers of his, and I wonder when this becomes a talking point of his on the campaign trail, can anybody at the MAGA rally point out Greenland on a map?” Cross asked.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Actually it was settled well before that by Intuit peoples from what is now Alaska and Canada but those settlements didn’t last. The Thule people are the ancestors of the current Greenlandic population and they also came from Alaska around 1300.
Bottom line is that no one there was truly indigenous.
Foreign Relations major, Economics minor.
Don’t give her extra credit.
The American Indians have genetic markers which show that their ancestors came from Asia and coastal China.
They are not “indigenous” people. Their ancestors are “First Peoples,” not “native Americans.”
I think you meant Greenland, Iceland is its own country since 930 A.D.
Feel better? lol
I’d like to know exactly how many (if any) countries on God’s green earth now house only their original inhabitants. Haven’t ALL nations been formed by conquering people? No country that I’m aware of exists of only the people that moved onto completely unoccupied land.
However, if the left feels so strongly about this, I suggest they order one of those kits, find out where they originated, and move back!
Meanwhile, Tiffany would be loudly upset at any reference to "the indigenous people of Europe" being colonized by Africa and Asia.
The population of Greenland is somewhere between 50 and 60.thousand. The capital and most populous settlement Nuuk has 17 thousand. Most collage and NFL games have more people
College
We need to own it to find out where it is. ;-)
From your mouth to God’s ears! Well said.
The leftist’s ancestors came from Atlantis.
They may need some diving gear—otherwise they will be occupying somebody else’s indigenous territory. ;-)
If they are like most people, they would have to become nomads in order to live in all their ancestors did.
My ancestors came from all over Europe, with some South African thrown in for good measure. Oh, and let’s not forget the Native American, which does not show in my DNA results but my great grandmother is listed on a census as ⅛ or something like that. On the other hand, all of my ancestors arrived in the colonies in the 1600s, so I am more solidly American than most.
Miss Tiffany, sweetheart, of course I can point out Greenland on a map. I can also describe DNA replication, with illustrations, from memory (along with a host of other biochemical processes) and solve mathematical problems in my head— I bet you can’t do that. I’m intelligent; that is why I am not liberal.
Tiffany is a single digit IQ gorilla.
Ever notice how they never mock the educational credentials or IQ of their vast Free Sh!t Army?
I think acquiring resource-rich Greenland for statehood makes a lot more sense than establishing the welfare state of Puerto Rico.
I know where Greenland is, but I have little doubt Democrat politicians and their media ilk believe it will flip over if too many people suddenly populate Greenland on the assumption that they’ll become Americans.
I'm a geography geek and can point out just about anywhere on the globe in my head. All my Trump-hating lefty pals, and millenial coworkers, can't even tell me where basic areas in the US are... Totally dork fact: the great New Wave band The B 52s have a song called the Girl From Ipanema Goes to Greenland. Cute, trippy little song.
Lot’s of energy, making the right points, perhaps caffeine or just how you are :)
COQ10 can keep you on track for future reference.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.