I think that their point is that they are already where they came from, and that we're the immigrants.
Whatever. If people want to believe they've been victimized then so be it. If they want to wallow in their fantasy view of their past then go ahead. I'm not going to to be a part of their pity-party and as far as I'm concerned Don Henley said it best:
You drag it around like a ball and chain
You wallow in the guilt; you wallow in the pain
You wave it like a flag, you wear it like a crown
Got your mind in the gutter, bringin' everybody down
You bitch about the present and blame it on the past
I'd like to find your inner child and kick its little ass
Get over it
Get over it
All this bitchin' and moanin' and pitchin' a fit
Get over it, get over it
The fact is, the indigenous were conquered several times by different people from Europe over a period of several hundred years.
Columbus was a Genoan (not Italian) that convinced the Spanish royalty to back his desire to sail west. He was the first European with the wherewithal using existing technology to create a sustainable effort.
While the original inhabitants are noteworthy, they are trivial in comparison to the inward migration that has been continuous for hundreds of years. The current populations of indians exceeds the
numbers at the time of columbus
I’d like to find your inner child and kick its little ass. Perfect.
Don Henley captured the emotion of being a liberal exactly!