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sovay ([personal profile] sovay) wrote2020-07-05 07:36 pm

A childish act of violence

Today I learned about the depopulation of Malaga Island in 1912. The short course: after ordinarily existing for half a century on a small island off the coast of Maine, a mixed-race fishing community was demonized as physically and mentally degenerate, its families eventually evicted en masse by order of the state governor, dispersed into the mainland population or forcibly institutionalized. All traces of habitation were razed right down to emptying the island's cemetery. Innsmouth, no fish people needed. No one has built or lived on the island since. I am glad to read that some of the descendants are now reuniting. Otherwise it is simply more evidence that white supremacy is why we can't have nice things.
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[personal profile] selkie 2020-07-06 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
Holy bananapants fuck. I’m not more than ordinarily vengeant, but the descendants of the people who pulled off that particular trick should have to spend the night there, without salt.
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[personal profile] selkie 2020-07-06 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
Nice nice teeth nice nice.