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minus-square@AdamEatsAss@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish9•3 months agoThe word settler is just weird to me. Because the land was already settled. Also I think of colonial settlers with muskets and silly clothes.
minus-square@Stovetop@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish11•edit-23 months agoI mean, that’s it exactly. It’s just like colonial settlers of old who (shocking, I know) had an unfortunate tendency to take land that already belonged to someone else. Minus the silly clothes.
minus-square@nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish1•3 months agoThey don’t like being called invaders but it probably fits better.
The word settler is just weird to me. Because the land was already settled. Also I think of colonial settlers with muskets and silly clothes.
I mean, that’s it exactly. It’s just like colonial settlers of old who (shocking, I know) had an unfortunate tendency to take land that already belonged to someone else. Minus the silly clothes.
The hats are still pretty silly.
They don’t like being called invaders but it probably fits better.