• adroit balloon
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    09 months ago

    Once again they were given a choice between becoming a state or remaining a territory

    Hawaiians could have protested, revolted, or one of many other options. But they didn’t.

    That’s the thing about facts— your opinions don’t magically make them untrue, regardless of how many folksy sayings or logical fallacies you conjure.

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      You’re the one reducing possibilities. Your dichotomy is between staying a territory and becoming a state. While being a state is nominally better than being outright occupied subjects, prior to colonization they were better off, and you suggest decolonization and not being colonized aren’t options.

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        You’re the one reducing possibilities. Your dichotomy is between staying a territory and becoming a state

        I never made this argument, but several others here did. in fact, I, several times, pointed out that there were other possibilities.

        clearly you’re confused.

    • @redtea@lemmygrad.ml
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      What if 90% of Hawaiians had revolted (and lost) while 90%+ of the other 10% of Hawaiians voted in the referendum?

    • Kaputnik [he/him]
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      09 months ago

      Like the Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement which began actively protesting and gained support in the 1960s, pretty soon after the referendum?

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        Like the Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement

        sure. why not? people can object to or protest anything.

        the fee expression of speech in a democratic forum, however, certainly argues against any of this being “fascist”, though. thanks of pointing this out!

        • Kaputnik [he/him]
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          09 months ago

          So then your point about

          Hawaiians could have protested, revolted, or one of many other options. But they didn’t.

          Is false

          So to quote you

          That’s the thing about facts— your opinions don’t magically make them untrue, regardless of how many folksy sayings or logical fallacies you conjure.

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            09 months ago

            Is false

            only if you intentionally take them out of context and twist the meaning. because they didn’t do that before the vote. as you said:

            Like the Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement which began actively protesting and gained support in the 1960s, pretty soon after the referendum?

            so, despite your obviously bad-faith and disingenuous argument, I’m not as stupid as you think I am. nice try.

            That’s the thing about facts— your opinions don’t magically make them untrue, regardless of how many folksy sayings or logical fallacies you conjure. NOR how much you try to twist my words.

            • Kaputnik [he/him]
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              09 months ago

              Nice job replying on your other account first lol, are you in here upvoting yourself too?

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                9 months ago

                you’re this desperate? wow

                you’ll do anything but make a rational argument based on facts.

                • Kaputnik [he/him]
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                  09 months ago

                  I dunno what to tell you dawg if you can’t understand that a referendum of Hawaiian residents from 1959 doesn’t represent the opinions of Native Hawaiians after 60 years of American control and immigration to the island. If you’re so into facts and stats you should know a representative measure of their opinion could only be done through a survey of Native Hawaiians

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                    doesn’t represent the opinions of Native Hawaiians

                    1. that was never my argument
                    2. this is a straw man argument because you couldn’t argue agains the facts I initially stated and moved the goalposts from Hawaiian residents to Hawaiian natives
                    3. as such, it’s irrelevant

                    even if it were relevant then it isn’t now just because you’re angry about… whatever.

                    If you’re so into facts and stats you should know a representative measure of their opinion could only be done through a survey of Native Hawaiians

                    well, why don’t you do that and come back when YOU have some relevant facts to present, and we can talk again.