• dumblederp
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    1 year ago

    Are they trying to “Indian give” it? Which was a racist childhood term I’ve almost completely stopped using, but this situation does call for it.

    • dillekant@slrpnk.net
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      1 year ago

      For Native Americans. Colonisers looked at items given in trade as gifts. It’s apt that this is very much not a gift, but it’s the wrong nation for the pun.