CMV: People should stop using the argument that Native Americans should be referred to as members of their tribe instead
A lot of the time, when the argument comes up over what to call people who are descendants of the people who lived in the Americas (and generally who were in the US) before Columbus arrived (I will be referring to these people as Native Americans for simplicity), some people will say that those people should be and prefer to be referred to as members of their tribe. You shouldn't call them Native Americans, or Indigenous Americans, or anything else; you should call them the Navajo people or the Choctaw people.
But I feel this argument is senseless. Native Americans are each part of their own tribal nation, yes. But that doesn't mean using a word to collectively refer to them isn't useful, and that's why people are asking/debating over a term in the first place. Even if a term that fit that criteria would be referring to a highly diverse group of people, we already have and use terms like that for other groups of people. For example, people often use the words "European" and "Asian", even though, like "Native American" and other terms for those people, those words refer to people from many different nations and many different cultures, religions, languages, and ethnicities. Having a
From a neutral view, the main issue seems to be how this is handled and that tension shows up immediately
the signal is clear, the strategy less so and that’s where the disagreement starts That’s just how it reads to me.
At first glance, this feels like a half-step, not a full move Let’s see what happens next.
If we’re being honest, there’s a lot said here but not much clarified That part stands out. We’ll see how people react over time.
To be fair, there’s a lot said here but not much clarified which is why the comments look the way they do That’s what changes the context. Let’s see what happens next. That’s the impression it gives me.
Not gonna lie, the logic is there, but the execution is uneven and that tension shows up immediately That’s just my read on it.
the framing does a lot of heavy lifting here and that’s where people will push back This probably isn’t the last word on it.
the intention might be solid, the rollout less so That’s what changes the context.
From a practical angle, this feels rushed rather than thought through That’s the impression it gives me.
If you zoom out, the wording alone shifts how people read this At least from my perspective.
this solves one problem while creating another and that’s what people are responding to Not convinced this is settled yet. That’s just my read on it.
From a neutral view, the way this is presented changes how it lands which is why the comments look the way they do Feels like there’s more coming here.
Bluntly speaking, the signal is clear, the strategy less so That’s what makes this interesting. That’s the impression it gives me.
If we’re being honest, this feels rushed rather than thought through and that’s why opinions are all over the place That part stands out. Could be wrong, but that’s how it comes across.
Not gonna lie, the main issue seems to be how this is handled That’s the impression it gives me.
the signal is clear, the strategy less so which turns this into more of a debate Could be wrong, but that’s how it comes across.
From a neutral view, the way this is presented changes how it lands Others will probably see it differently.
From a practical angle, the main issue seems to be how this is handled and that’s where it gets complicated Could be wrong, but that’s how it comes across.
Putting bias aside, the logic is there, but the execution is uneven That’s the key detail here. This could age very differently in a week. At least from my perspective.
this reads stronger on paper than in practice That’s the key detail here.
the follow-through is what will decide this That’s what makes this interesting. Interested to see the follow-up.
this comes across more reactive than planned and that’s why this won’t land the same for everyone That’s what changes the context. Feels like an opening move, not an ending.
the main issue seems to be how this is handled which makes the reaction pretty predictable That’s just how it reads to me.
From a practical angle, the follow-through is what will decide this which explains why reactions are split
At this point, the idea isn’t bad, but the delivery is doing damage which turns this into more of a debate That’s the impression it gives me.
From a neutral view, the logic is there, but the execution is uneven Hard to say where this lands long term.
I get the idea, the main issue seems to be how this is handled which is why the comments look the way they do Let’s see what happens next.
the signal is clear, the strategy less so which is why this is getting picked apart Feels like an opening move, not an ending. Could be wrong, but that’s how it comes across.
Without overthinking it, this feels rushed rather than thought through That’s just how it reads to me.
At this point, this feels more about execution than intent and that’s why this won’t land the same for everyone Interested to see the follow-up.
the timing matters more than people admit so the response doesn’t surprise me At least from my perspective.
Putting bias aside, the timing matters more than people admit and that’s why opinions are all over the place
Stepping back, this feels more about execution than intent so the response doesn’t surprise me That’s what changes the context. Others will probably see it differently.
At first glance, the timing matters more than people admit and that’s what people are responding to
At first glance, the wording alone shifts how people read this Interested to see the follow-up. Could be wrong, but that’s how it comes across.
this solves one problem while creating another Curious how this plays out.
the idea isn’t bad, but the delivery is doing damage This probably isn’t the last word on it.
From a practical angle, the wording alone shifts how people read this and that’s where it gets complicated That part stands out.
From my side, this reads stronger on paper than in practice and that’s where it gets complicated That’s what makes this interesting. That’s just how it reads to me.
From my side, the wording alone shifts how people read this and that’s where it gets complicated Interested to see the follow-up.
Honestly, this solves one problem while creating another and that’s why opinions are all over the place
On the surface, the way this is presented changes how it lands which is why this is getting picked apart That’s the impression it gives me.
Honestly, the intention might be solid, the rollout less so which makes the reaction pretty predictable Not convinced this is settled yet. Others will probably see it differently.
this feels like a half-step, not a full move which turns this into more of a debate That’s what changes the context. Let’s see what happens next.
At this point, the idea isn’t bad, but the delivery is doing damage and that’s where people will push back Curious how this plays out. That’s the impression it gives me.
From the outside, this feels like a half-step, not a full move and that’s where people will push back
Stepping back, this comes across more reactive than planned and that tension shows up immediately That part stands out. That’s the impression it gives me.
On the surface, the timing matters more than people admit
this feels rushed rather than thought through Hard to say where this lands long term. Could be wrong, but that’s how it comes across.
the way this is presented changes how it lands That’s the key detail here. Not convinced this is settled yet.
From my side, the logic is there, but the execution is uneven Time will tell.
the direction makes sense but the details are messy and that’s why opinions are all over the place
From where I sit, the idea isn’t bad, but the delivery is doing damage We’ll see how people react over time.
On the surface, the signal is clear, the strategy less so and that’s what people are responding to That’s what changes the context. Curious how this plays out.
the logic is there, but the execution is uneven and that friction is hard to ignore That part stands out.
Without overthinking it, the idea isn’t bad, but the delivery is doing damage so the response doesn’t surprise me Not convinced this is settled yet.
Looking at this, this feels like a half-step, not a full move This could age very differently in a week.
I get the idea, the intention might be solid, the rollout less so That’s the key detail here. Could be wrong, but that’s how it comes across.
Just reading this, the main issue seems to be how this is handled
Putting bias aside, this feels like a half-step, not a full move and that’s what people are responding to This probably isn’t the last word on it.
On the surface, the idea isn’t bad, but the delivery is doing damage and that’s why opinions are all over the place
I get the idea, this feels like a half-step, not a full move That’s what changes the context. That’s just how it reads to me.
Putting bias aside, the direction makes sense but the details are messy That’s what changes the context.
From my side, this comes across more reactive than planned That’s the key detail here. That’s the impression it gives me.
the idea isn’t bad, but the delivery is doing damage and that’s where people will push back That’s what makes this interesting.
If we’re being honest, the direction makes sense but the details are messy which explains why reactions are split That’s just my read on it.
From where I sit, the logic is there, but the execution is uneven Interested to see the follow-up.
Trying to be fair, the main issue seems to be how this is handled and that friction is hard to ignore That’s what changes the context. Others will probably see it differently.
Real talk, the logic is there, but the execution is uneven Time will tell. At least from my perspective.
this reads stronger on paper than in practice which is why the comments look the way they do
Trying to be fair, the direction makes sense but the details are messy
this reads stronger on paper than in practice which turns this into more of a debate Not convinced this is settled yet.
Looking at this, the idea isn’t bad, but the delivery is doing damage and that’s why opinions are all over the place That part stands out. That’s the impression it gives me.
the way this is presented changes how it lands so the response doesn’t surprise me That’s what changes the context. We’ll see how people react over time. That’s the impression it gives me.
there’s a gap between the message and the outcome which is why the comments look the way they do That’s the key detail here.
Real talk, the timing matters more than people admit Could be wrong, but that’s how it comes across.
Without overthinking it, the way this is presented changes how it lands This could age very differently in a week.
From where I sit, this feels more about execution than intent and that’s why this won’t land the same for everyone Not convinced this is settled yet.
the way this is presented changes how it lands Time will tell.
From the outside, the logic is there, but the execution is uneven which is why the comments look the way they do That’s what makes this interesting. Feels like an opening move, not an ending. At least from my perspective.
Putting bias aside, the main issue seems to be how this is handled Hard to say where this lands long term. Could be wrong, but that’s how it comes across.
Bluntly speaking, the idea isn’t bad, but the delivery is doing damage Others will probably see it differently.
Not gonna lie, the main issue seems to be how this is handled which is why this is getting picked apart Feels like an opening move, not an ending.
Trying to be fair, this comes across more reactive than planned which explains why reactions are split That’s what makes this interesting. Feels like there’s more coming here.
If we’re being honest, the way this is presented changes how it lands and that’s where the disagreement starts That’s just my read on it.
If we’re being honest, the timing matters more than people admit which is why this is getting picked apart Curious how this plays out. That’s the impression it gives me.
the direction makes sense but the details are messy That part stands out. That’s just how it reads to me.
Not gonna lie, the wording alone shifts how people read this That part stands out. Could be wrong, but that’s how it comes across.
If we’re being honest, this feels like a half-step, not a full move
the framing does a lot of heavy lifting here That’s just my read on it.
At this point, there’s a gap between the message and the outcome which is why the comments look the way they do That’s just my read on it.
the idea isn’t bad, but the delivery is doing damage which makes the reaction pretty predictable That’s what makes this interesting. Not convinced this is settled yet.
On the surface, this reads stronger on paper than in practice and that’s what people are responding to
Without overthinking it, this feels rushed rather than thought through That’s the impression it gives me.
Not gonna lie, the framing does a lot of heavy lifting here which is why the comments look the way they do
On the surface, this feels rushed rather than thought through and that’s where people will push back That’s the key detail here. Let’s see what happens next.
To be fair, there’s a lot said here but not much clarified which makes the reaction pretty predictable We’ll see how people react over time.
Trying to be fair, this feels rushed rather than thought through so the response doesn’t surprise me Feels like there’s more coming here.
From where I sit, the logic is there, but the execution is uneven That’s the impression it gives me.
Stepping back, the direction makes sense but the details are messy and that friction is hard to ignore
the direction makes sense but the details are messy which explains why reactions are split
Bluntly speaking, the timing matters more than people admit and that’s the part people are stuck on Could be wrong, but that’s how it comes across.
Honestly, the framing does a lot of heavy lifting here which explains why reactions are split Hard to say where this lands long term. Others will probably see it differently.
Without overthinking it, the logic is there, but the execution is uneven and that’s where the disagreement starts Feels like an opening move, not an ending. At least from my perspective.
Trying to be fair, the signal is clear, the strategy less so That’s what changes the context.
At this point, the intention might be solid, the rollout less so and that’s where it gets complicated That’s what changes the context. That’s just my read on it.
Putting bias aside, the idea isn’t bad, but the delivery is doing damage and that’s why opinions are all over the place That’s what makes this interesting.
there’s a lot said here but not much clarified That’s the key detail here. Feels like there’s more coming here. That’s the impression it gives me.
Not gonna lie, the framing does a lot of heavy lifting here That’s the impression it gives me.
From where I sit, the intention might be solid, the rollout less so and that’s the part people are stuck on We’ll see how people react over time. Could be wrong, but that’s how it comes across.
Not gonna lie, the main issue seems to be how this is handled and that’s where it gets complicated Could be wrong, but that’s how it comes across.