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Dragonblade01 posted...

I think the distinction matters because those things within your culture are still firmly yours. The problem is not that you have an asshat trying to own your culture. The problem is you have an asshat trying to own generic words. It would be like trademarking the word football, or peanut butter, or vodka, or any other word that people just use. The effect is on the word itself, not on the culture from which the word originates.

And I should point out that I would definitely say "nothing is cultural appropriation" sooner than not.

Oh ok so you just don't think cultural appropriation exists. That makes far more sense than anything else you've said so far. Cuz to call "Aloha" a "generic word" is extremely ignorant of exactly what that word means in Hawaiian culture, comparing it to the words football and vodka or peanut butter is frankly absurd. You seem to be saying that as long as the entire culture still belongs to the people, that no matter how much of it is stolen and legally appropriated by outside forces, it doesn't count as cultural appropriation. Idk how anyone could find that a logical stance to take but hey, we all have different points of view and that's ok. But one part you're wrong about is when you say those things in your culture are still "firmly yours" because that's clearly not the case when he legally owns them and uses the law against anyone who tries to use them. That means Hawaiian people are not allowed to part of their own culture, because it was legally appropriated by some white dude from Chicago.

What you're not getting is that Aloha is a Hawaiian word, part of its language, which is an inherent part of culture, as well as poke which has the added value of being one of the staple foods that we eat on Hawaii. So you have the most important word in the Hawaiian language, language being a massive part of culture, but you're saying that that has nothing to do with culture because... Well you don't seem to think any words have anything to do with any cultures. That's pretty silly to me.
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