The fact that, as you say, "it's just a military base" is the consequence of the forced eviction of the local population (around 1,500 people) in 1968 by the US and the UK.
That’s not a lot of people. More people probably lost their homes to Hurricane Helene just this past couple of weeks. And the average Mauritian wasn’t even born in 1968.
The fact that, as you say, "it's just a military base" is the consequence of the forced eviction of the local population (around 1,500 people) in 1968 by the US and the UK.
That’s not a lot of people. More people probably lost their homes to Hurricane Helene just this past couple of weeks. And the average Mauritian wasn’t even born in 1968.
I don't think that comparing a natural disaster/act of god to a foreign government forcibly relocating an entire culture is the right argument here.
If you stand by it, what is the correct number of people to have their rights systematically and intentionally violated before we should care?
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And blackface is just a costume. I think there's some necessary context to understand GP's comment: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expulsion_of_the_Chagossians
There is a good "Behind the Bastards" episode about this event.
Also the Chagossian man in the Wikipedia article is incredibly jacked. I am assuming that physique is just from physical labor but holy cow.
> Also the Chagossian man in the Wikipedia article is incredibly jacked. I am assuming that physique is just from physical labor but holy cow.
He's probably 5'4" - 5'8" (and standing alone) which helps significantly.
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I think you don’t realize how bad this sounds. Like, have you wondered why it’s “just a military base”?