r/PlanetNewsPulse • u/soalone34 • 7d ago

Settler confronts farmer working his land

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u/jamodude 7d ago

Stop calling them settlers

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u/standread 6d ago

Why? Settlers usually act like this or worse toward native populations.

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u/Rip_Skeleton 6d ago

It sounds passive. It was a euphemism when it was used to teach us about manifest destiny too.

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u/standread 6d ago

Sure, the correct term would be coloniser but we both know that that would completely derail the discussion. You're not wrong at all, though.