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I don't think anyone's come close to comparing it to Nazi Germany.

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You can, if you want. But if it's because you've noticed everyone else makes huge posts, don't worry about it. I think we value frequent posts over crazy-long. And in that regard I'm pretty shit. So as long as you make frequent posts, it's cool.

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I noticed you quoted that before I fixed it. I meant 'It's not like they wanted to kill white people for the hell of it".

Anyway, I get what you mean. But you seem to forget the colonists were occupying their land. And they weren't very nice about it. Does it justify ride-by archery (huehue)? Not really. But it's important to acknowledge these things didn't happen for no reason. That detail is important. They didn't do it because they were savage by nature. They did it because they felt invaded.

If someone comes into your country and starts forcing you out of your land, sometimes killing some of your people in the process, my guess is you'd be pretty pissed. That's all I'm saying.

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Fair enough. But I tend to have a little sympathy for the natives, given their lands were being invaded. It's not like they just wanted to kill white people for the hell of it.

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I never said the English tried to commit genocide. That's Jannah's deal. I'm just saying the English did kill natives, a lot. And not just during war time. You're making it seem like the British were these guys who played by the rules and never, ever did anything without justification. They weren't saints, let's at least acknowledge that.

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But not always.

And that's all I said, before you disputed it. The English killed natives. It did happen.

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The Nexerus said
The worst the British did to Natives during peace time was forcibly relocate them to allow for settlement

And how do you think that was done? Surely you don't think the natives gave up their land after losing friendly games of baseball, or something.

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The Nexerus said
The Natives would've ended up having it much better if not for the Yankee scum fighting against His Majesty's glorious empire.

That's debatable. But either way, the natives would've been robbed of their land and killed. And that's not very presentable when you're trying to argue colonization was good.

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I acknowledge that colonialism had a lot of positive effects. But I also acknowledge it had a lot of negative effects (that in some cases outweigh the good). Exploitation of the land and people, coupled with the atrocities committed make colonialism in Africa, especially, a very regrettable ordeal in spite of whatever good it ultimately brought. It did a lot of good for Africa, but it also did a lot of bad, that unfortunately still plagues the continent to this day. Africa is a mess and colonialism is partly to blame.

We can say that, in the end, it paved the way for a lot of good. But let's not forget all the fucked up shit that happened. Let's not pretend it was all rainbows and unicorns.

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Dinh AaronMk said
Speaking of posts, Hugs.

I'm still thinking of how to even go about a post I want to do. Nothing important, just me being stupid.