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Originally Posted by Leondros
Can you not make the exact same excuse as a Catholic? 'Whoa, like frankly this particular case is about a school that started and finished it's course before I was even alive. The church has become more progressive, blah blah blah'. Not saying that this line of thinking is necessarily wrong but the fact Sliver thanked it comes across as hypnotical.
Either we are responsible for the mistakes of our ancestors or we aren't. I think the case can be made for either one to be correct.
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And as blankall pointed out, taking responsibility doesn't mean you should give up your home. It means you're consciously aware of your existence in the world in relation to everyone else's, how you've benefitted, and how you haven't.
Only good can come from everyone feeling responsible in even the smallest way. Nothing good comes from not. It doesn't mean you have to feel personally guilty or bad about yourself, it means you're fully aware.
There are people out there that resist, complain, or mock when we recognize the traditional territory we're on, literally the smallest thing we could possibly do as individuals, just recognizing the existence of something.
There are people who privately say to themselves "sure, I recognize this, I think it's terrible, I support these people, others should do more to make it right" but never do anything at all themselves, from what they say and do, when they speak up, to even who they vote for.
People are in the Canadian politics thread saying "I dunno, going to the moon seems nice!" when people are without clean drinking water. That shows that these thoughts of support are in isolation. They end when the mouth opens. They still want nice to haves while the problem persists. Clean drinking water for indigenous people doesn't have to be the highest priority item on your list of all things, but you would think that if you cared in the slightest it would be higher than something like going to the moon.