nohaybanda [he/him]

The Hawaiian Kingdom was overthrown in a coup d’état against Queen Liliʻuokalani that took place on January 17, 1893, on the island of Oahu. The coup was led by the Committee of Safety, composed of seven foreign-born permanent residents[6] and six Hawaiian-born people in Honolulu.[7][8] There was no Hawaiian army so the victorious Committee asked American minister John L. Stevens for U.S. Marines. He sent in Marines and sailors to protect the new government, and to ward off a Japanese invasion. The committee established the independent nation of the Republic of Hawaii, but their ultimate goal was the annexation of the islands to the United States, which occurred in 1898.

This is a summary, taken from Wikipedia

They used to be a sovereign nation before crackers came in and took it

This is a statement of historical fact, I’m not looking to educate you, just set the record straight

It’s not a summary, it’s a simple statement of fact

Hawaii. They used to be a sovereign nation before crackers came in and took it

is this thing broken? It’s been screaming like a dying possum for a solid hour

They’re fascists who like trump. Anything antifascists do is bad to them, and anything trump does is good. That’s all there is to it

Um, excuse me I have a note saying I’m exempt from doing democracy right now

what a terrible day to be literate

Strep right over here and wait for the flash. We need to get your photo for the card or something

I keep asking myself, why are they poor? Are they really poor? Or are they overexploited? <reaction shots follow>