Annie Lennox is sad because celebrities were “completely silent” on Palestine at the Grammys. Does Annie not know how fast fashion changes? She should. Palestine is like so last year. Like Annie. Keep up, Annie. It’s ICE Out now.
The slogan, “no one is illegal on stolen land” means that, if a country exists on land originally taken from indigenous peoples though conquest and colonization, then it is inconsistent to label migrants as “illegal” for crossing borders established by that same state.
The slogan is illogical.
Modern states and current citizens are generations removed from historical land seizures—and these seizures were rarely illegal to begin with, as they were the result of negotiation, or the spoils of conquest and war. Existing borders and immigration laws are legally established regardless of alleged past injustices.
Contemporary immigration policy and Indigenous land claims are separate issues that when brought together produce a contradiction that resolves in the following way: if it was illegal for Europeans to colonize North America, then it is illegal for non-Europeans to colonize North American.
It follows that, just as indigenous peoples should have kept out Europeans if they wanted to keep the land that they stole from others, according to the terms the elite-backed rabble chants in the streets (and clowns at Culture Industry circuses), the descendants of European colonizers—American citizens—should keep out the non-European colonizers and remove those who are already here.
This is not stolen land. It legally belongs to us—the American citizen. Those who are on it who shouldn’t be are illegal. Just as strangers are not allowed in my house unless I invite them in, strangers are not allowed in my country with permission. They are not “our neighbors.” They are thieves—stealing our resources, our opportunities, our property, and our votes. America spoke loudly on November 5, 2024. We don’t want strangers in our home.
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