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Covid 19 Pandemic Analogous How Indigenous Peoples Got Felled

COVID-19 pandemic analogous how indigenous peoples got felled... Woebegone, enraged spirits holographic images taciturn journeying somberly aghast at their stolen sacred lands... mourn dead souls impossible mission sabotaged aery mission endeavor happy hunting grounds upheaval witnessed gaunt bloody sojourn, perhaps collective aboriginal ghosts return to haunt cruel innocent heir/heiresses regarding interlopers, si? Malicious intent birthed in subsequent quick succession to adventitious, (nevertheless grievous) events visited upon heads of storied "Indians") misnomer spurred European explorers (more particularly exploiters), when "discovering" the Americas to dole out (deliberately) contaminated accouterments, plus various sundry trappings to native inhabitants. Gross misdeeds of our long deceased forebears debauched, decorated, and dedicated footloose hedonistic jackbooted violent men loosed mayhem opening pandora's box unwittingly and/or intentionally disseminating seeds of annihilation germinating lethal pandemic decimating innocent ofttimes knowingly unleashing opportunistic virile organisms without vital immunity linkedin bodily defense mechanisms. With advantage of hindsight always 20/20 (especially calendrical juncture planetary space/time continuum 2020) opprobrium plentifully quoted as cosmic consciousness skews perspective, whereby admission acknowledged conquistadors looted, pillaged, and raped (blithely, effectively, and indiscriminately killed) every man, woman, and child and/or sowed cultural abomination acceleration, adulation, aeration... Though thoroughly grounded within secular humanism courtesy kickstarting metaphysical realism philosophical, teleological... essentially Unitarianism paradigm whereby ripple repercussions of actions (think butterfly effect starring Ashton Kutcher - ha) trigger domino falling action, yet additionally affects fate, particularly he/she who activated, cultivated, generated... chain of events, particularly brutal, deplorable, and unforgivable misdeeds.

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