#like you're a hypothetical to them. an abstraction. not even on their radar

[ehlnofay]

aboriginal people have been put through the fucking wringer politically throughout this whole fucking process. they've had their right to recognition, to treaty, to the beginning of some form of justice, treated like a political chew toy by people who stand to lose nothing. they've had to see it framed as a debate for months. and to have it be for nothing... fuck man

#I'm not aboriginal. I'm not any kind of expert on aboriginal issues. I have a lot of learning to do #but I know what it's like to see people discount and debate your rights due to an immutable intrinsic trait #like you're a hypothetical to them. an abstraction. not even on their radar #and it FUCKING SUCKS #with the added layer of colonialism and its lasting effects. the genocides the stolen generations the continuing overimprisonment #god #I hope to god it doesn't end here. it won't. I know there are people who won't let it. I don't want to let it #if I happen to have any australian people seeing this who know more about these issues and how I can get involved #I need to do something. I can't not #I don't really have anything else to say. just. fuck