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Damdy@lemmy.world 8 months ago
As someone born in Britain, it saddens me to see so much hatred throw around casually.
Why? I doubt you influenced any part of British colonialism, they aren’t throwing hatred at you personally.
Colonialism is bad and should be regarded with hatred. Are you internalizing that? You’re not the British empire, you don’t gotta do that to yourself
Actually, you're responding to the Sir John Colonial.
My question is, why are all the other empires not judged to the same standards? Colonialism sucked, but Britain didn’t invent it. Yet they seem to be the only target.
Bro, who tf are you talking to?
The Spanish empire is horrific in its treatment of indigenous people in the Americas.
Ask any Algerian about the French Empire.
King Leopold’s crimes against humanity in the Belgian Congo are impossible to ignore.
Just because the other empires aren’t talked about as often, doesn’t mean they’re forgiven.
Yeah you already said that.
It’s not true, it’s pretty selective reading on your part, but you did say it
As someone born in Britain, it saddens me.
There, FTFY.
What a pathetic comment. Judge the person not the nationality.
¿Por que no los dos‽
You are not responsible for the past.
Claiming the anger is thrown around casually makes you responsible for ignoring your history. From what I have seen while I lived in Britain many of you still take pride in the British empire while ignoring the hundreds of thousands of deaths it was directly reconcilable for.
There are many things about Britain to be proud of, its colonial history is not one of them.
Your history sucked, make sure your future doesn’t suck. Reasonable people don’t hold you personally responsible for what Britain did previously but it isn’t unfair to point out how you’ve personally benefited from that exploitation and expect you, as part of the wider British society, to try and share those advantages.
Cagi@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
That’s like someone from Germany being sad that hatred for the Nazi Party is thrown around so casually. Evil things from the past are evil. Hating them is the mark of morality. Them happening in the place you were born hundreds of years ago doesn’t mean you should take it personally.
Damdy@lemmy.world 8 months ago
But hating Germans and hating Nazis isnt the same. The degree of separation is quite important.
girl@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
So is the distinction between hating the British empire and British people. The empire caused mass harm around the globe, like the Nazis did. Your concern seems to be about people’s view of the empire, which would be similar to someone complaining that people unfairly hate the German government of the early-mid 1940s…
Cagi@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
That’s exactly my point. Hating British people and hating the British empire isn’t the same, no one is doing that. Don’t take it personally, think critically, not defensively based on what invisible lines you happen to be born between. If you want the world to improve, hate imperialism, no matter where you are from.