Quote:Whoa what? Andrew Jackson was nothing even close to being Hitler. First of all, your accusation that Andrew Jackson sent small-pox infected blankets is pure, unadulterated fabrication. Second, the Trail of Tears, while inhumane for modern era, was tame compared to what other western nations were doing to indigenous populations at the same time. I can understand peoples dislike of Andrew Jackson, but to compare him to Hitler is just ignorant of historical reality.

 

 

Learn some history. The small pox thing is fact. I've learned this throughout high school and college. It's part of how we conquered the Native Americans and herded them like cattle onto reservations. Hitler imprisoned Jews in masses and put them in concentration camps and murdered them in gas chambers. Jackson had masses of Native Americans slaughtered and the ones he captured, he had relocated onto reservations in the middle of nowhere. He forced them to walk for many, many miles in ungodly harsh conditions with little food or water and small pox infected blankets to try and kill off the majority of them. He was just as bad as Hitler, but because he was American, we seem to give him a pass. 

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