• PhlubbaDubba
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    5
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    7 months ago

    Nationalist Kvetch entirely, those are Brits on the island, not just British citizens, full on ethnically British Islanders who’ve lived there almost since anyone knew the islands were there to begin with.

    When polled they overwhelmingly voted in favor of remaining with the UK

    Falklands are as British as black pudding and the royal corgis. Argentina just keeps pressing the claim because it makes a good nationalist distraction whenever right wing nutcases inevitably prove to be completely incompetent.

    Also, any attempt to link it with some overarching notion of decolonization is complete bunk, the islands were uninhabited before they were discovered it’s only colonialism if you think the very concept of an exclave is colonialist because that’s in effect what they are, a very far removed exclave.

    • KevonLooney
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      arrow-down
      11
      ·
      7 months ago

      those are Brits on the island, not just British citizens, full on ethnically British Islanders

      Why are you mentioning this? Does that mean they’re worth saving more than a citizen who isn’t “ethnically British”?

      What is that anyway? The UK is a collection of countries: England, Scotland, etc. Is there a hierarchy of British ethnicities in your mind? You implied that there is some separation between certain groups, so you must have thought about it. Right?

      • njm1314@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        8
        ·
        7 months ago

        They were very very clearly mentioning it to show that Argentina has no legitimate claim or argument using any traditional reasoning. You had to work very hard to purposefully misinterpret that statement. Pathetically so.

      • PhlubbaDubba
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        6
        ·
        7 months ago

        I was pointing out that they aren’t an indigenous people under British colonial rule, they are themselves Brits who identify solidly with Britain.