• FiniteBanjo@feddit.online
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    2 days ago

    Reminds me of the Greer Barnes joke about Africanized Bees, except his joke was against racism and this one appears to be for it.

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      Isn’t this one about foreign bee species, such as honey bees, are introduced into ecosystems where they outnumber native bees? And they eat all the nectar but do a horrible job of pollinating so the situation ends up worse? Sounds like colonization, not racism.

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          1 day ago

          If France wants to reimburse Haiti for the independence debt, it’s welcome to start at any time; I’d hardly begin to say that colonialism isn’t relevant – even in the modern age –, for Europe.

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              You’d be correct; a country which suffered from colonialism by a European country; the effects of which continue today. Therefore, the effects of colonialism by at least one European country is still relevant.

              You said colonialism by Europe isn’t relevant in the modern age.

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                  1 day ago

                  Is there a definition of relevant that, for you, doesn’t include the impacts and effects of the thing in question?

                  Are you going to argue to me with a straight face that the only relevant aspects we should be concerned about with colonialism is whether ownership is current and active?

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        14 hours ago

        It’s about European Colonialism, comparing Europeans to Pests or Plagues, and I find that problematic.

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            6 hours ago

            I don’t need to be European to defend Europeans. I don’t need to be African to defend Africans. I don’t need to be Asian to defend Asians. It’s called not being a racist asshole.