• EatMoreMacroplastics [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    17 days ago

    Watch how the “ancestors from the area” argument immediately vanishes when you tell them this means every single Palestinian who had to flee their homeland since 1948 has a right to return there. These arguments always rest on the implicit assumption that there is a settler class that counts as actual people and a racialized class that doesn’t.

    • djphdk [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      17 days ago

      Exactly this. If your friend lives in the US, you can ask if they’d give up their home to the native ancestors from the area. I imagine they quickly get real squishy on who has historical rights to land.