Dustin Poirier Quotes
Of course, every time I get beat out there, I want to avenge those losses. I'm sure every fighter does.
Poirier, Dustin. Pre-Fight Interview. UFC 257, Ultimate Fighting Championship, 21 Jan. 2021.
This was one of Jackson’s official major justifications for his controversial Indian Removal policy. The logic was that since there had been some Indian raids on whites with whites being killed, the whites had a right to retaliate and a good way of doing that was by taking their land and removing them to lands far away. He saw a Christian virtue to the policy as they whites did not raid and kill the Indians. The “logic” such as it was, of course, ignored the fact that there had been white raids and massacres of Indians as well, but in both cases, they were done by a small minority of the Indians and Whites, Jackson’s view was that all Indians should be held responsible for the act of some violent Native Americans. However Jackson had used this guilt generalization before and even used the term “retaliatory vengeance” when he vowed revenge on the British for his treatment as a Prisoner of War in the American Revolution — See Quotation 621975.
Dustin Glenn Poirier is an American professional mixed martial artist, philanthropist, and former Interim UFC Lightweight Champion. He holds notable victories over five former UFC champions: Max Holloway (2x), Eddie Alvarez, Anthony Pettis, Justin Gaethje, and Conor McGregor. As of March 9, 2021, he is #1 in the UFC lightweight rankings and as of March 23, 2021 he is #6 in the UFC men's pound-for-pound rankings.
