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[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I legit do not understand your comment.

My Aussie mate back in England told me that the British killed the First Nations and took their land,

With you this far. Yes your Australian friend (who was in England at the time) told you that the British killed the first nations people and took their land.

like his ancestors just turned up here to find swathes of unoccupied land and were like “crikey, what’s been happening here!” and immediately started doing Acknowledgement Of Country at the start of every office meeting.

Now you're saying your Australian friend was foolish to ideate that his ancestors just turned up in Australia to find swathes of unoccupied land.. and then start making Acknowledgement of Country statements.

First of all - how is this not contradictory to the first part of your analogy? He didn't ideate that.

Second, the Acknowledgement of Country statements didn't start until 200 years after colonisation.. So this is really disingenuous representation you make of your "Aussie mate's" position.

[–] CXORA@aussie.zone 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I think they assume Anglo-Australians separate their own ancestors from the British colonisers.

[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

If his ancestors were Irish and were forced to Australia in the 1850s due to the famine, for example, the comment makes sense