I mean, never mind the Roman Empire, the fighting in Gaza is based on the land occupied by a kingdom that you probably don't even believe in during a time period that pre-dates the Roman Empire. And the most sacred part of their sacred texts, when not spelling out the rules, is basically "the story of how we stole our kingdom from the people already living there".
But, in the specific case of the incidents behind Killers of the Flower Moon, the land was literally stolen from people who had legal ownership of the land according to the laws of the U.S. by a combination of fraud, extortion and straight up murder. And you are kind of putting words in my mouth; I said this should be acknowledged, I never said any action should be taken. In the specific case of the story of the movie, when people were (finally) caught using illegal tactics to illegally steal land, they were (more or less) punished for their crimes. But in the case of the American West in general (or most other cases of colonization/conquest through war/etc./etc.), no, I'm not arguing we should give it all back to the Native Americans, and I didn't fucking say that.
But you and your ilk, Rakuen, are so fucking fragile you can't even take someone pointing out the fucking fact that some people that kind of looked like you fucked over and took advantage of and fucking straight up murdered another group of people that kind of don't look like you for fucking oil (it's not always fucking oil, but it sure has been a lot recently). Maybe reparations are needed for certain crimes of the past; maybe not. I don't know! But I can't fucking learn the answer if you're not even willing to entertain the idea that you shouldn't get everything you want, Rakuen, which, remember when we talked about cultural appropriation and AI and free speech I pointed out you take the side that gets you more every time. The best you could come back was with, "well, vegetarian", oh, wow, the one fucking sacrifice you make ... which also allows you to be an annoying dick to restaurant staff without feeling guilt.
The cultural appropriation is why I know you're racist, because, my stupid, racist little friend, if you were in Osage, Oklahoma in the 1930s, you would totally be killin' some Osage. You would. You're literal argument for why "appropriation" is okay without permission is because, "oh, it's okay, I was going to use it better than the people who originally owned it, anyway" and that is the exact reasoning the murderers of used. The only difference is they wanted land and you want culture, or what you would be willing to lie, cheat and steal (and perhaps even murder) for. You have told me, repeatedly, and even proudly that you think you are superior to other peoples and that you know better than them what to do with their own culture.
In response to your final question: Duh.
I mean, never mind the Roman Empire, the fighting in Gaza is based on the land occupied by a kingdom that you probably don't even believe in during a time period that pre-dates the Roman Empire. And the most sacred part of their sacred texts, when not spelling out the rules, is basically "the story of how we stole our kingdom from the people already living there".
But, in the specific case of the incidents behind Killers of the Flower Moon, the land was literally stolen from people who had legal ownership of the land according to the laws of the U.S. by a combination of fraud, extortion and straight up murder. And you are kind of putting words in my mouth; I said this should be acknowledged, I never said any action should be taken. In the specific case of the story of the movie, when people were (finally) caught using illegal tactics to illegally steal land, they were (more or less) punished for their crimes. But in the case of the American West in general (or most other cases of colonization/conquest through war/etc./etc.), no, I'm not arguing we should give it all back to the Native Americans, and I didn't fucking say that.
But you and your ilk, Rakuen, are so fucking fragile you can't even take someone pointing out the fucking fact that some people that kind of looked like you fucked over and took advantage of and fucking straight up murdered another group of people that kind of don't look like you for fucking oil (it's not always fucking oil, but it sure has been a lot recently). Maybe reparations are needed for certain crimes of the past; maybe not. I don't know! But I can't fucking learn the answer if you're not even willing to entertain the idea that you shouldn't get everything you want, Rakuen, which, remember when we talked about cultural appropriation and AI and free speech I pointed out you take the side that gets you more every time. The best you could come back was with, "well, vegetarian", oh, wow, the one fucking sacrifice you make ... which also allows you to be an annoying dick to restaurant staff without feeling guilt.
The cultural appropriation is why I know you're racist, because, my stupid, racist little friend, if you were in Osage, Oklahoma in the 1930s, you would totally be killin' some Osage. You would. You're literal argument for why "appropriation" is okay without permission is because, "oh, it's okay, I was going to use it better than the people who originally owned it, anyway" and that is the exact reasoning the murderers of used. The only difference is they wanted land and you want culture, or what you would be willing to lie, cheat and steal (and perhaps even murder) for. You have told me, repeatedly, and even proudly that you think you are superior to other peoples and that you know better than them what to do with their own culture.
THAT IS RACISM, YOU STUPID FUCK.