Thread: Sadly our history has some very dark parts

Originally Posted by gusthedog

Invasion Day marked by thousands of protesters calling for equal rights, change the date - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Why the call for equal rights?, This already exists.
If the European settlement is deemed to be an "Invasion" then all the land rights decisions and the royalties payouts will be at risk.
Change the name/date, Not going to happen because any government that did this would be out on its ear come the next election and they know that.

Originally Posted by gusthedog

I want some of what you're smoking.

By that rational I'm assuming you think "black lives matter" is racist too?

“Racist” typically applies to derogatory or negative comments referencing race. Your comments referenced race and were derogatory.

Is the term “black lives matter” derogatory ?

i rest my case. You may continue to twist and turn as you please. I certainly do not want any of what you may be smoking, though I suspect you are more likely to use suppositories than smoke your meds - by personal choice, not necessity, and that’s ok too.

Originally Posted by CraigE

This was interesting reading earlier in regard to those calling settlement invasion day
Inconvenient fact: Native title can only exist if Australia was settled, not invaded

Read the Mabo judgement for the law on that one. Indigenous people were settled long before the First Fleet arrived.

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Read the Mabo judgement for the law on that one. Indigenous people were settled long before the First Fleet arrived.

That has nothing to do with anything.
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Had Australia actually been invaded, the descendants of its native population would be classified as a conquered people and their land rights would be abolished under UN Resolution 3314.

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So it is irrelevant when the indigenous population first "Settled" Australia prior to the "so called" invasion of Europeans 3 centuries ago.

Originally Posted by tact

“Racist” typically applies to derogatory or negative comments referencing race. Your comments referenced race and were derogatory.

Is the term “black lives matter” derogatory ?

i rest my case. You may continue to twist and turn as you please. I certainly do not want any of what you may be smoking, though I suspect you are more likely to use suppositories than smoke your meds - by personal choice, not necessity, and that’s ok too.

I actually have no idea what you are talking about. Are you offended that I called the first european settlers white? Or dudes? Or both? Because they actually were white. I didn't mention race. I said they were "white dudes". Pretty sure that's a fact knackers. And it's about as far from racist as you can get. I'm white for a start.

I would actually think using your cray cray logic for a second that as I was using the term "dude" (generally seen as being a positive verb) that I was actually being as far from racist as possible. How is describing someone's skin colour a racist thing?

Or, as I assume, are you unable to tackle some of the other more complex issues I've mentioned above and are therefore drawing attention to one particular turn of phrase to try and win some form of ****ing contest?

Happy to discuss further when you make some sense. Or discuss definitions of racism when you come down from your pedestal.

Originally Posted by gusthedog

I want some of what you're smoking.

By that rational I'm assuming you think "black lives matter" is racist too?

Do some research. Black Lives Matter is just as racist as the Klan. Possibly more so.

Originally Posted by trout1105

Why the call for equal rights?, This already exists.

Possibly the most sensible statement so far on this thread.

Originally Posted by johntins

Do some research. Black Lives Matter is just as racist as the Klan. Possibly more so.

Just a moment...

How DARE blacks seek equal treatment? Don't they realise where their proper place is?

(Obviously snark, that normal sane people will understand)