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minus-squareShinkanTrain@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down2·2 days agoDid you miss, like, the last 500 years or something?
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down4·2 days agoIt wasn’t Americans who invaded America…
minus-squareShinkanTrain@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-22 days agoHow many genocided peoples called it America before the colonizers started killing them?
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·2 days agoI mean… Japan isn’t called Japan in Japanese either. Unfortunately we don’t speak Mayan, or Incan, or Cherokee, or etc.…
minus-squareShinkanTrain@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-22 days agoI’m fairly certain they wouldn’t collectively name it after a random ass Italian dude.
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoMy point was that it’s the only word we have in English.
Did you miss, like, the last 500 years or something?
It wasn’t Americans who invaded America…
How many genocided peoples called it America before the colonizers started killing them?
I mean… Japan isn’t called Japan in Japanese either. Unfortunately we don’t speak Mayan, or Incan, or Cherokee, or etc.…
I’m fairly certain they wouldn’t collectively name it after a random ass Italian dude.
My point was that it’s the only word we have in English.