adONis@lemmy.world to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoNew German citizens required to affirm Israel's right to existwww.middleeasteye.netexternal-linkmessage-square174fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10 cross-posted to: europe@feddit.de
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minus-squaremathemachristian@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agomigration =/= colonialism
minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoUnless you’re asserting that none of your ancestors have ever claimed land at the expense of somebody else, you’re a colonist.
minus-squaremathemachristian@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoFor all its faults and crimes, and Lord knows there are many, the country I’m in isn’t oppressing a people native to this region.
minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoMy point being, go far enough back, and you WILL have found a people or tribe that got wiped out so another group could claim their territory. Where do you (arbitrarily) draw the line?
migration =/= colonialism
Unless you’re asserting that none of your ancestors have ever claimed land at the expense of somebody else, you’re a colonist.
For all its faults and crimes, and Lord knows there are many, the country I’m in isn’t oppressing a people native to this region.
My point being, go far enough back, and you WILL have found a people or tribe that got wiped out so another group could claim their territory. Where do you (arbitrarily) draw the line?