You come from an island that was stolen from you - “Europeans” - the English - spent 800 years learning from the Irish how to oppress, murder, exploit, and enslave others for their profit.

So your move, right now, should be to say to the original native owners of your land: “How about I pay rent?”

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    6 days ago

    I could be wrong, and I’m sure I’ll be pilloried if so, but I don’t think the ‘stolen land’ part is really the point of the statement. To me it’s more about pointing out the difference between ‘undocumented’ and ‘illegal’. In the same vein as ‘unhoused’ vs ‘homeless’. Or the classic ‘tomato’ vs ‘tomato’. To me it seems to get lost in pedantic weeds and I prefer the Shakespeare observation of a rose by any other name.