Saturday, November 30, 2024

The Logic of Land Acknowledgements

Thijs Niks on Twitter/X:

Once the logic of land acknowledgements and "decolonisation" is followed, it leads very quickly to some very dark futures. Assigning each person a homeland based on their ethnic ancestry, and then declaring that that homeland is the only place they or their descendants can ever truly belong, would not be an act of justice, it would be a global nightmare made real, surpassing even the horrors of previous centuries.

3 comments:

G. Verloren said...

What a bizarre strawman argument to erect.

Pootersox said...

Not at all bizarre... that's pretty much the attitude behind "round 'em up and deport 'em"-- deport to where? Jews, for instance-- where do we get deported to?

G. Verloren said...

A totally insane comment in the context of a discussion on "decolonization".

I was tempted to explain precisely how, but then I recalled Proverbs 26/4: "Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you be like him yourself."