Sheppa

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[–] Sheppa@aussie.zone 1 points 20 minutes ago

Gee, what is context.

[–] Sheppa@aussie.zone 1 points 22 minutes ago* (last edited 21 minutes ago)

Indigenous Australians lose landmark climate court case against government

We're in a topic about Australia mate

[–] Sheppa@aussie.zone 0 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Has everything to do with Australian culture.

[–] Sheppa@aussie.zone 0 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Okay just know that when you're being all "umm akshually" in regards to Aboriginal people, you're simply being a dick.

[–] Sheppa@aussie.zone -1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (9 children)

For the commenters, these are not Aboriginal people, they are Torres Strait Islanders.

And any other variation (aborigines) or non-capitalized instance of Aboriginal is considered offensive.

Aboriginal is a name, not a descriptor.

[–] Sheppa@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

The Inca routinely displaced entire ethnic groups to seed new lands...

[–] Sheppa@aussie.zone 12 points 1 week ago

Tasmanians

Tasmania is a state of Australia, all Tasmanian are Australian. Tasmanian Aboriginal peoples are the same as mainland Aboriginal peoples.

Torres Strait Islanders are the other indigenous peoples in Australia.