I wrote in this post that I’m uncomfortaple to argue “genetical[ly] or genealogical[ly]” why people “belong” in some place or another. I think that’s ethno-nationalist reasoning and a “weapon of the enemy” reasoning applies. Even if it’s in favour of Palestinians.

But apparently, that’s “settler-colonialist apologism” for dessalines. Ethno-nationalism is ok if it’s targeting “the right” people, I guess. /s

I think the reasoning of the comment removal is bollocks. Just because I don’t want to argue why someone “belongs” someplace because of their genes, I’m not all of a sudden in favour of settler-colonialism.

  • db0@lemmy.dbzer0.comM
    16·
    23 days ago

    Eeegh, This is not a clear-cut subject. While yes, a lot of us believe that one’s genes shouldn’t determine where one is allowed to live, we also can’t dismiss the fact that historically Europeans felt very justified in forcefully going and settling lands where other people already lived because they felt they should just do so, and in the process exterminating the indigenous people and cultures. It’s a more nuanced discussion that can be done in a few sentences, but I don’t think it deserves a ban.

    • Prunebutt@slrpnk.netOP
      81·
      23 days ago

      we also can’t dismiss the fact that historically Europeans felt very justified in forcefully going and settling lands where other people already lived because they felt they should just do so, and in the process exterminating the indigenous people and cultures. It’s a more nuanced discussion that can be done in a few sentences, but I don’t think it deserves a ban.

      I wholeheartedly agree. But again: bringing genetics into this is racist-pilled.

      • db0@lemmy.dbzer0.comM
        51·
        20 days ago

        Nuance is apparently just a city in France. Love that monkey doing whataboutism in the comments, as if I said “only Europeans can do colonialism”.

        Also SmugJesus being an incredibly uncharitable pos to claim my words support “ethnic cleansing”