The Wikipedia article on this has been the site of a long-running edit war. Apparently, for example, the killing of 300 people doesn't qualify as a "massacre" for many people, although the famous Boston Massacre only killed three or four civilians.
Sadly, the US has a significant history of massacres despite its youth. Many of them don't make it into the history books of the standard curriculum, generally because the victims were unimportant to the victors (people of color and poor people). This list is incomplete, but not a bad starting point. en.m.wikipedia.org - List of massacres in the United States - Wikipedia
Thanks for this resource, Marla Caldwell. It's very sobering, and I'd like to read the articles on each of these incidents. I notice that where larger numbers are concerned the victims seem more likely to be black or belong to other minorities.
Bodhipaksa I started reading through these articles some weeks back. Most of the entries that are missing that I'm aware of were natives killed by the dozens or hundreds by Europeans.
Back when the Democrats were the KKK and apposed the civil rights movement. This is what the Progressives would love to see happen now. Thank god Hillary didn't win, too bad Sanders didn't win. Know your history and not just what the talking points memo tells you. Don't be a puppet of George Soros.
I'm shutting down Google+ for the night and quite possibly for the weekend. Why? This stupid #gifwars thing people are so proud of. This Adam Black guy said he doesn't like gifs and now everyone is mass trolling him. Having been mass trolled like this I can relate to him easily enough. Have an opinion and the collective might of Google+'s lower class denizens jump on a bandwagon. I just saw a post where someone wanted to jump on board and had to get clarification she was tagging the proper Adam Black. She wasn't even connected to him ! Nor was she a part of the original discussion. She just wanted to follow the herd. When I called her out of it she claimed, "one gif doesn't make a troll." Perhaps not, but she's contributing to a larger troll effort. One straw doesn't break the camel's back, but thousands will. So, tonight, Google+ disgusts me. It probably will tomorrow as well. And possibly Sunday. I gave up Google+ for two months this spring
What do you do when someone you've had circled for years decides they no longer want comments on their posts and, therefore, turns them off for each new post? Keep in mind, this is supposed to be "social" media.
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en.m.wikipedia.org - List of massacres in the United States - Wikipedia
Don't be a puppet of George Soros.