PugJesus@lemmy.world to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agoIt astounds me that anyone thinks otherwise on Hamas.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down12
arrow-up125arrow-down1imageIt astounds me that anyone thinks otherwise on Hamas.lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.world to NonCredibleDefense@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square45fedilink
minus-squareAtomic@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoLook. I get that you heard that word somewhere. But everything isn’t colonizing. Annexing would be a better description to what they’re doing.
minus-squaresnooggums@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoAnnexing does not imply the use of force, colonizing does.
minus-squaresnooggums@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoRussia circa 2024 disagrees because they wanted it to sound voluntary. News went with it because annex is technically correct in the close by/far away context, but not the whole colonialism is always by force context.
Look. I get that you heard that word somewhere. But everything isn’t colonizing.
Annexing would be a better description to what they’re doing.
Annexing does not imply the use of force, colonizing does.
Crimea circa 2014 disagrees
Russia circa 2024 disagrees because they wanted it to sound voluntary. News went with it because annex is technically correct in the close by/far away context, but not the whole colonialism is always by force context.