• Courtney (she/her/they) @lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 months ago

    “those dirty savages were killing each other before they were invaded and killed by noble white people Europeans who brought civilization and peace? I’m just asking questions here I’m definitely not making excuses or trying to diminish what happened”

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      2 months ago

      Humans are pretty horrifically violent across time. For example before the Spanish arrived there were the Aztecs who were wiping out entire tribes, enslaving them, and torturing them quite gruesomely. I’m not saying the Spanish are good guys or that the Aztecs are bad guys. I’m specifically saying humans are violent and metal as fuck essentially regardless of circumstance.

      People been enslaving, genociding, torturing, raping one another long before anyone even lived in Europe.