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Cagi@lemmy.ca 8 months agoThat’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.