(09-10-2022, 05:56 AM)Mav date Wrote:You say “they” defended the indigenous Australians, implying they were white guys. But you’re right! Indigenous Australians were excluded from service. A few were allowed in as long as they were “substantially of European origin”. I guess you could say the ANZACs defended the indigenous Australians in the same way they defended kangaroos and koalas. Should we focus on the protection provided as an unintentional consequence of protecting White Australia or should we focus on the discrimination that excluded indigenous Australians from the armed forces?Ahh, the mischievous "they"!
We've been down this path before, and when you deliberately misdirect the use of such terms it really says something, but whatever your focus on "they" states, it states it about yourself Mav, not anybody else, not the Brits, not the Americans, not the Europeans, not even our 1st Nations or other Indigenous people, just you Mav and you alone!
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