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Letme@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoSure, you can use those terms symanticlly to go all the way back in time, but with respect to world history, the “era of colonization” was between the 15th century and 1960. And native/indigenous people were the people that existed in their respective regions before the 15th century. By definition.
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 4 weeks ago
Dude, you’re off on a tangent about semantics (That’s the spelling, btw), which is not at all the point.
Which is fine, or if you didn’t keep saying “by definition” as though there’s only one fucking definition and usage. So, while I respect the inaccurate pedantry effort, I’m not interested. If you want to argue about semantics, it might be useful to actually understand what they are, and why your insistence on one single usage isn’t accurate semantically.
One aspect of semantics is the study of usages of words, or the multiple meanings and interpretation of words.
And, by definition in the common internet available dictionaries, rather than the field specific jargon you keep repeating like it’s useful for the discussion here, you aren’t using an actual definition in common usage.
So, my homie, again, I appreciate some pedantry, but you’re not just being tangential, you’re inaccurate, which means there’s no point to further interaction about this. I’m done
Letme@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The term indiginous wasn’t even used in the English language until the late 1500s, it was literally created for this purpose. Sorry homie, you are wrong, and the English language, by definition, agrees with the timeline of colonization with respect to the definition of native/indigenous people.
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Dude. Why you gravedigging? This conversation was dead, and it ain’t rising again.
Letme@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Facts are important, stop whitewashing history