Wow. Just wow. “My people didn’t try to eliminate all of your people.” Do you have any idea how racist that statement is? Do you know who I am, what my cultural or racial background is? How dare you group me with anyone given that you have absolutely no idea what you’re talking about? Even if you knew with 100% certainty that I am a Caucasian, that does not make the inappropriateness and racism of your statement any less: there is no “my people”, sir- I am an individual who makes decisions for myself and doesn’t behave in accordance to a “type”. Just because you dislike what someone else has done who has the same skin color as me doesn't make it all right for you to engage in racism against me. When you say “my people” and “your people” you are committing an act of indirect ‘’’racism’’’. 

 Moreover, your commentary regarding your life experiences, although wholly unfortunate and tragic, have little to nothing to do with the argument at hand. You’ve only confirmed what I suspected in my posts above: your words and ideas are entirely racially motivated, likely stemming from extreme racial animosity and/or insecurity against those of the white race. You don’t care what is supported by logic or facts; you only care about what sounds like it supports your position, which is why you prefer the word “seize”: it is a welcome sound byte for your narrative. Most credible and reputable historians dispute the categorization of what happened to the Native Americans as genocide, and your clichéd and hollow song of “don’t trust the white man” is more evidence of a deep-seated racism that is extremely disparaging and offensive (more on that in a bit). It’s what we attorneys call “skew”, and in a court of law, your statements would result in a mistrial on account of biasing and corrupting a jury (assuming it is not a bench trial, of course). Wounded Knee is called a massacre and not a genocide for a reason: it was motivated by a desire to disarm the Lakotas, during which act a battle broke out between the Lakota warriors and the US soldiers. And as far as the comments by Lt. Amherst of smallpox blankets, the evidence only shows that this was a discussion, not that it actually took place. More recently, an academic from the University of Colorado named Ward Churchill fabricated stories about the distribution of smallpox blankets to the Mankan Indians, stories which have been categorically disproven [| here]. 

 You can rail on with irrelevant caselaw to this discussion (that only demonstrates racist policy, not genocide), regale me with unfortunate stories of your familial history, and demonstrate your unabashed racism that is emboldened by your borderline psychotic belief that as a minority your words are judged in a more morally permissive light. It does not change the fact that you are a racist, and that you are wrong about the wording of this article. The only reason the survey is in your favor is because, as I’ve stated above, the general approach in the West is to resolve moral ambiguities in favor of those who have been or have been perceived to be victimized by history.  

 But go ahead- tell yourself whatever you need to sleep better at night, whether that is racist crap like “my people vs. your people”, making up stories about genocide and essentially redefining the word to get more sympathy for yourself, or just being an overall jerk and demonstrating your absolute incompetence as an attorney (which altogether denigrates our profession).   

 By the way, I am reporting you for racism and name-calling.