• NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
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    1 day ago

    this is why i hate when people throw the “colonizer” insult around like a frisbee….

    Do you have an example of this?

    • ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 day ago

      here’s one: https://lemm.ee/comment/8151410

      in this example, being insensitive to racial slurs is terrible, but not as bad as invading and occupying a region, enslaving the native population, and cutting off body parts of their children if they don’t meet their work quota gathering chocolate beans for the day….

      in this case explaining what they say they don’t understand is probably better than saying “ok colonizer”