Yeah, you’re just trying to white wash colonialism with arbritary bullshit.
Ever heard of “Actions speak louder than words”?
Why does it matter what he said more than what he did? This is just the “bush is a good guy now because he paints” and “thoughts and prayers” means I’m a good guy.
There’s some people worshipping Trump too, so I guess he’s not that bad, right? right?
Oh hey look, it’s those reactionary uninformed statements I was talking about.
I wrote less than a hundred words, an essay? Please. The core of my point was that it’s worth reading the history before you spout off a strong opinion.
Advice you obviously didn’t follow, or you’d have learned that many of Cook’s actions were positive, and far more restrained than armed forces in modern day.
Ah yes, I said Cook was a complex person and the history of his interactions and the native peoples interactions was worth reading (not that I consider him a good or bad man), so that’s the same as people saying they like Trump right? Gtfo here with your false-equivalences and gatekeeping Lemmy; I’m staying right here. But I will be doing it from now on with one reactionary blowhard voice filtered out of the conversation.
Yeah, you’re just trying to white wash colonialism with arbritary bullshit.
Ever heard of “Actions speak louder than words”?
Why does it matter what he said more than what he did? This is just the “bush is a good guy now because he paints” and “thoughts and prayers” means I’m a good guy.
There’s some people worshipping Trump too, so I guess he’s not that bad, right? right?
You can fuck right off to reddit.
Oh hey look, it’s those reactionary uninformed statements I was talking about.
I wrote less than a hundred words, an essay? Please. The core of my point was that it’s worth reading the history before you spout off a strong opinion.
Advice you obviously didn’t follow, or you’d have learned that many of Cook’s actions were positive, and far more restrained than armed forces in modern day.
Ah yes, I said Cook was a complex person and the history of his interactions and the native peoples interactions was worth reading (not that I consider him a good or bad man), so that’s the same as people saying they like Trump right? Gtfo here with your false-equivalences and gatekeeping Lemmy; I’m staying right here. But I will be doing it from now on with one reactionary blowhard voice filtered out of the conversation.