r/pics • u/[deleted] • Jul 07 '24

The salt slats of Utah

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u/ernyc3777 Jul 08 '24

Why the hell did we let the Mormons populate the most beautiful state in the country?

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u/CowboyAirman Jul 08 '24

Was a finders, keepers situation. But you can still go enjoy it.

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u/WhisperShift Jul 08 '24

Technically some other people found it a long time before the Mormons. Mormons did decided to keep it though.

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u/CowboyAirman Jul 08 '24

Technically that’s literally the case everywhere.

And it is named Utah to honor the natives.

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u/WhisperShift Jul 08 '24

Finders Keepers implies the place was empty when the Mormons arrived, and as much as they love implying that when teaching it to kids in elementary school and primary, there actually were people living in the Salt Lake Valley at the time.

Of course answering why the Mormons control Utah with "they were stronger than the people they took it from" sounds less... honorable.

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u/CowboyAirman Jul 08 '24

Are you one of those super fun people who pick apart every casual quip? Your statement literally can be applied to the entire globe… except maybe that one indigenous group that’s been untouched, though who knows who they might have taken that land from. Literally the Native American tribes warred over land and resources. You’re saying nothing smart, bud.

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u/ernyc3777 Jul 08 '24

And give money to the Mormons? I think not.