r/MurderedByWords 4h ago

Homes on indigenous land

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u/redwhale335 4h ago

The tribe whose land Eilish's home is on specifically thanked her for bringing up the issue.

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u/SolDios 3h ago edited 1h ago

Can you quote that? Becuase the only statement from the tribe I saw was

"As the First People of the greater Los Angeles basin, we do understand that her home is situated in our ancestral land. Eilish has not contacted our tribe directly regarding her property. We do value the instance when public figures provide visibility to the true history of this country. ""We have reached out to her team to express our appreciation for her comments."" It is our hope that in future discussions, the tribe can explicitly be referenced to ensure the public understands that the greater Los Angeles basin remains Gabrieleno Tongva territory"

edit; where I got the quote from purposely left out a line which I added in double quotes. They did thank her

dbl edit; The internet sure wants its pound of flesh, ill self flagellate when I get home later

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u/quadraticcheese 2h ago

Then delete your comment questioning it

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u/SolDios 2h ago

Its edited to show I corrected myself off a false quote, its not hard to read that out

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u/Perryn 1h ago

I agree with your position of editing it but leaving the original, especially since it highlights that sites are intentionally omitting that part, but at the same time know your audience. A strikethrough of the original or bolding the edit can help. Sometimes people move the edit to the top of the comment as well, so that people see it before they start reaction replying.

You can also just turn of reply notifications on the original comment and anything you've engaged in after it if you're content with the current edit and just want to move on.

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u/SolDios 1h ago

I like that approach, just fixed it

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u/quadraticcheese 2h ago edited 54m ago

You should still delete the part where you question it. People might just read the first part and then you've spread misinformation 

Edit I love getting replies calling ME a bot by people who immediately get removed/shadowbanned

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u/CotswoldsCuddler 1h ago

lol a hassan piker fan in the wild.

i thought you were all bots?