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[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You are speaking to me as if this is my direct opinion, my words, and that I have a stake in anything. I've just passed on the sentiment of those I lived alongside around most of Australia at the time. I can share the opinion, but I don't have the right to form it and hold it as though it is mine.

So, you will have to travel to change these people—just as the Australian government once tried—or accept them for it. In doing so, maybe realise that 300+ first nations should never be placed under a single umbrella term and thought of as such. This was, after all, a contributor to why your amendment to the constitution had pushback from Aunties and Uncles around the country. Again, you'd have to take that one up with them, not me.

If I am to share a personal opinion with you, though, it is simply that the world has made it clear to me; bad people always conduct themselves with the same nature and behaviour. Strangely, there are those that think it's okay because they hide behind the mask of good intent. But at the end of the day, they're the same people and their cause, whether good or bad, means little at that point.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au -2 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

I don’t need to travel to everywhere and speak to everyone to know that the consensus among most Aboriginal peoples is for the date to be changed.

You however maybe need to listen to more voices than one elder. Because you are actively arguing against what the majority want, and your reasoning is borderline racist implying they’re not authentic because they exist in a western system.