Qasim Rashid, Esq.Jul 3, 2023

A Republican got offended I called the founding U.S. citizens "colonizers,"—rebuking me that “the original 13 colonies were beacons of freedom.”

I asked him to repeat that part...slowly. Apparently "colonies" is respectful—but calling those who built colonies "colonizers" is not.🤔

Also, I'm sure the enslaved, Native Americans, women, and anyone not a WASP wealthy land owner would likely disagree with that whole "beacon of freedom" part.

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@QasimRashid I think I can follow their "logic" here; they don't think that colonies have anything to do with colonizers because old white people call them the 13 colonies but the blahs call their occupants colonizers.

Thus they are completely different things! QED(tm)

Jul 3, 2023 at 6:42pmWeb