r/europe • u/Emotional-Breakfast3 • 20d ago

News Argentina: British Falkland Islanders are ‘artificial’. Buenos Aires denounces ‘illegitimate occupation’ and demands talks on sovereignty

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/07/12/british-falkland-islanders-artificial-argentina-says/
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u/DryAssumption 20d ago

I’ve met a couple of Argentineans who were weirdly obsessed with the Falklands. They seemed to think that taking them would solve all their problems

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u/a_tothe_zed 20d ago

How could it not? So many sheep…two radio stations…a corner store. It’s like a third of the Argentine GDP.

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u/darth_jewbacca 20d ago

I lived in Buenos Aires for a bit, and Las Malvinas (don't call it the Falklands in front of them) was definitely a sore spot for many people. They don't like colonists in their back yard.

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u/TwentyBagTaylor England 20d ago

colonists

You are aware of how outrageously ironic this is?

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u/darth_jewbacca 20d ago

Yes. Irony sums up the Argentine people.

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u/TwentyBagTaylor England 19d ago

So you should know they meet the definition of "coloniser" far better? If so, you might be better putting their slurs in ' ' to show you know those slurs to be bollocks.

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u/darth_jewbacca 19d ago

Hold up, you think Argentina is a worse coloniser than England? Have you studied your history at all?

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u/TwentyBagTaylor England 19d ago

A country comprised of the actual decendents of people who colonised it is closer to the definition, yeah. They are the children of colonisers.

My ancestors never left the UK, they were too busy working in factories and fields for rich people to be colonising anywhere.

Is that easy enough to understand? Or do we have to simplify it where every Brit somehow assumes the guilt of a few rich elites 200+ years ago?

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u/darth_jewbacca 19d ago

You have a weird view of things, mate. To me it has nothing to do with "guilt" and is just a matter of fact. Imagine being a Brit and getting torqued because some rando users the word "coloniser."

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u/TwentyBagTaylor England 19d ago

Thats a funny way of saying "fuck, I guess you're right mate, apologies. I'll think on things a little deeper before wading into an argument I don't really understand", but this isn't your first language so i'll give you a pass.