verysillyhats t1_izmxlor wrote on December 10, 2022 at 7:59 AM

Reply to comment by weenieforsale in Native title granted to South Australian Wirangu people recognises it 'always will be Aboriginal land' by DaRedGuy

Aboriginal Australians have been here at least 60 000 years. Could be 100 000. Forced off land. Hunted and killed. Enslaved (yes it happened) or blackbirded. Culture ripped away as children were stolen and made into second class white citizens. Generational wealth stolen and withheld.

And your gripe is with belief in sacred rocks? It's culture.

weenieforsale t1_izmynsa wrote on December 10, 2022 at 8:13 AM

Yeah, I think it's at least 80 000 years, so to think that the people that were here when English explorers first arrived, were the 'first people' is insane.

Human beings have been pretty shitty to the environment and each other for as long as there have been human beings. Aboriginal Australians didn't get it any worse than any other populations that were colonized at that time.

verysillyhats t1_izn0p4z wrote on December 10, 2022 at 8:42 AM

They were ad far as our understanding the first people ? So confused as to your point. I think you may need to read up on indigenous history and better understand what happened. It was brutal.

weenieforsale t1_izn2uu3 wrote on December 10, 2022 at 9:13 AM

I agree with you, you seem to be very confused. Google 'genocide' and then tell me about brutality, that might be a good start for you.

verysillyhats t1_izn3255 wrote on December 10, 2022 at 9:16 AM

Lots of indigenous peoples did experience genocide. Look at Tasmanian history.

weenieforsale t1_izn4as7 wrote on December 10, 2022 at 9:34 AM

Very good, you're almost getting it. Keep reading and connect the dots.

verysillyhats t1_izn4in7 wrote on December 10, 2022 at 9:37 AM

Silly business.

obooooooo t1_izoh6s0 wrote on December 10, 2022 at 5:24 PM

insane to go “well, why are the crying? they weren’t the only community who was killed, enslaved, raped, robbed, etc”