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   Adam H. Kerman to super70s@super70s.invalid   
   Re: Grammys: Billie Eilish Claims Americ   
   02 Feb 26 21:00:24   
   
   From: ahk@chinet.com   
      
   super70s   wrote:   
   >On 2026-02-02 20:18:26 +0000, BTR1701 said:   
   >   
   >> During her acceptance speech at last night's Grammys, singer Billie Eilish   
   >> claimed that America is land stolen from "native peoples".   
   >>   
   >> Billie Eilish's $14-million mansion sits on several acres of land stolen   
   from   
   >> the Tongva peoples who were indigenous to Southern California. Will she   
   return   
   >> that land and the home that sits on it to the tribe? I mean, she has the   
   moral   
   >> high ground, after all. She's virtuous and she made sure we all knew it.   
   >> Signaled it, as it were.   
   >>   
   >> So now that it's incontrovertible that she knows her land is stolen, will   
   she   
   >> turn it over to the Tongva Tribe? I mean, that's what one does with stolen   
   >> property, right? You return it to its rightful owner. If Billie needs an   
   >> attorney to help her with the land transfer paperwork, I'd be happy to help.   
   >> I'd even do it for free.   
   >>   
   >> In the alternative, Billie could use that land and that mansion to help   
   house   
   >> literally hundreds of illegal aliens. She could invite them all in to live   
   >> with her, since it's all stolen land and "no one is illegal on stolen land",   
   >> right Billie?   
   >>   
   >> In the alternative, she could have just listened to Ricky Gervais and taken   
   >> his sage advice:   
   >>   
   >> https://youtu.be/fgson2Q3nog?t=419   
   >>   
   >> It sure would be cool if we had an actual functioning media in this country   
   >> who would have asked Billie Eilish some of these hard questions after her   
   >> preening performance at the award podium.   
   >   
   >At least California and Minnesota are making amends with new immigrants   
   >with sanctuary cities, now Republicans want to ban that across the   
   >nation. Rationalize that position for us especially in context with   
   >Republicans' long held "states rights" stance which seems to have   
   >disappeared under Trump.   
      
   Making amends? How was this land stolen from immigrants?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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