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  • spujb@lemmy.cafeto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneRule
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    3 days ago

    no, indigenous people. the ones who were “actually colonized” like you said.

    and no you said it’s “always a white American man” implying you follow spaces where similar voices reign and i’m letting you know that’s a uniquely you experience that doesn’t have to stay that way.

    talk about bad faith, must be exhausting to be like that.


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    4 days ago
    1. because indigenous people faced a 95-100% decimation by colonization—they were murdered and replaced by white people
    2. and i still see plenty of similar jokes from indigenous voices anyway so you’re not even right idk maybe you just follow the wrong people








    • problem 1: why are you choosing he/him to be gender neutral and not she/her? it gives the impression that grammatical maleness is default and you are going to get pushback for that, whether your intentions are sexist or not.
    • problem 2: making he/him gender neutral strips the identity from male and masculine people.
    • problem 3: you’re suggesting a massive overhaul when there’s literally already a word in place.

    and NO they/them doesn’t “refer to multiple.” the tom scott video abjectly disagrees with you on that, so don’t twist things. even Shakespeare used they/them to refer to singular people.

    honestly this conversation is pointless and boring so i’ll end it here.