DarkSoulfromDS t1_itvus8e wrote on October 26, 2022 at 6:04 PM

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Almost as bad as people who say the Native American genocide actually happened, we westerners civilised them and their numbers keep going up

Longwalk4AShortdrink t1_itvw33k wrote on October 26, 2022 at 6:13 PM

I'm assuming youre being sarcastic... Having a hard time telling because your false-equivalency attempt is loud af

DarkSoulfromDS t1_itvwhs9 wrote on October 26, 2022 at 6:15 PM

Because the Native American population has been steadily growing since the settlers arrived there’s no way that any genocide can have happened, and anytime that treaties were violated and the settlers moved into native land it was perfectly legitimate

Same thing goes for the Irish too btw

Longwalk4AShortdrink t1_iu11p6b wrote on October 27, 2022 at 7:31 PM

I think the key distinction between your examples and mine is you're looking at population growth AFTER an established genocide. The above claim is stating that genocide is currently happening and has been happening for 60 years. There's the equivalency issue.

The evidence just does not support that claim at all