And look, I wouldn't care, if they didn't insist that it is now the ONLY term that can be used. Vis-à-vis the previous terms "Indigenous", or before that "Aboriginal", or before that, "Aborigines" or "Natives"...
The "euphemism treadmill" is the problem. And the smugness of the media elites enforcing this shit. Not the wording itself, obviously...
"First Nations" isn't new. It's been used for 10 years in the West. Probably less time in the East, though.
In Australia it is…
It doesn’t have cultural crowd here. It was not a thing, two years ago…
Canada ≠ Australia, dude…
We had our own words.
I misread. Thought you meant First Nations was a new term in Canada.
Just seen this.
Fair enough.
It's just another "North Americanism", for us...
And look, I wouldn't care, if they didn't insist that it is now the ONLY term that can be used. Vis-à-vis the previous terms "Indigenous", or before that "Aboriginal", or before that, "Aborigines" or "Natives"...
The "euphemism treadmill" is the problem. And the smugness of the media elites enforcing this shit. Not the wording itself, obviously...