🍹Early to RISA 🧉M to Greentext@sh.itjust.works • 8 months agoAnon visits New Zealandsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up1402
arrow-up1402imageAnon visits New Zealandsh.itjust.works🍹Early to RISA 🧉M to Greentext@sh.itjust.works • 8 months agomessage-square56fedilink
minus-square@Ilovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilink10•8 months agoThey were genocided by mainland Maori, the island’s inhabitants were either killed or enslaved, and forced to adopt the culture of their conquerors.
minus-square@deadbeef79000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglish5•8 months agoYeah. I deliberately avoided using “genocide”. It’s a bit of a political hot topic right now (middle east) and I also wasn’t entirely sure, so erred on the conservative side and just used “conquered”.
They were genocided by mainland Maori, the island’s inhabitants were either killed or enslaved, and forced to adopt the culture of their conquerors.
Yeah. I deliberately avoided using “genocide”. It’s a bit of a political hot topic right now (middle east) and I also wasn’t entirely sure, so erred on the conservative side and just used “conquered”.