I'm sick and tired of these tossers who drive around with "Native" stickers on their vehicles, accessories and/or clothing.
I was pleased recently, to see someone with a "transplant" sticker in the exact same style as the "native" one
To explain for the uninitiated, Colorado, or rather the greater metro Denver area, has seen a lot of people move here, from all over the US, and other countries, but mostly, from Texas and California. Consequently, people who've lived here all their (sad, untravelled) lives have taken umbridge, and like to go around reminding everyone of how they're a Colorado native.
Of course the more intelligent among you, or perhaps just those of you with even the vaguest grasp of American history, will have spotted the slight flaw in these people's argument.
Almost none of them are Native Americans.
Yes, the same hick dickwads who'll tell you they're "native", will also tell you how they're "Irish" on or around March 17th, or Scottish, once they learn you're British.
However, 99% of them will not be able to tell you that they're members of the Southern Ute, or Ute Mountain Ute (tribes native to Colorado). Aren't these the true natives?
So it's just possible, that these jerks with their "Native" stickers, should get the fuck over people moving to Colorado. Chances are, it was only a generation or two since their families moved there, and in any case, the more people living in Colorado, the more things facilities there will be, the more things there will be to do, and the lower prices will be.
Even bumper sticker prices.
Posted by Max at July 15, 2003 12:00 AM | TrackbackUmbridge? Isn't that where The Archers live?
Posted by: Mel on July 15, 2003 08:38 AMROFL, nice one Mel :)
Posted by: John in Brizzle on July 15, 2003 09:10 AMThat's EXACTLY the kind of smartarse witty comment I'D have made, and gotten grief over! Keep up the good work!
BTW, the Coloradoans took Umbridge in a bloodless coup. Umbridge is in the county of Umbria.
Posted by: Max on July 15, 2003 01:28 PMSome of us are proud to be from Colorado and would like to display it. I have no problem with people moving to Colorado because I love this state and would like to share it with others. The fact that some people like to show their "native" status is usually from their sense of pride. What about the locals "native" people on Hawaii. Most of them are not originally from Hawaii but descendants from the Phillipines. Why don't you tell them to quit showing their pride with "local", "native", and even specific companies like "Maui Built" gear to shut up?
Posted by: mike on March 11, 2004 01:22 PMMike, I take your points. I don't have a problem with anyone liking where they're from. That wasn't my point.
My point was the whole "I'm a native, you're not, and furthermore, you're not welcome." approach that I've witnessed (not on bumper stickers, but in conversations) in Colorado.
Personally, I've never been made to feel unwelcome in CO, but I've heard of various people who've been treated less-than-wonderfully because they're transplants.
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