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Re:How the Native American population changed since the last... by coldtea on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @04:37AM (#29991634)
That's not much a problem, usually a characterization is for use by others, you don't necessarily have to agree. Germans don't consider themselves living in "Germany" either. Or, names like "Balkans" are not necessarily preferable by those there, but that's life.
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Re:How the Native American population changed since the last... by detaro on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @11:34AM (#29995896)
It's more as if you decided to call Austrians "Germans" too because you can't be bothered to make the distinction.
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Re:How the Native American population changed since the last... by coldtea on Wednesday January 19, 2022 @03:59PM (#30000030)
Well, we could have just as well. That's just like my second example of "the Balkan nations".
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