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Sorry for the disrespectful tone, I just believe you are being wilfully obtuse.

It is very clear what "indigenous" and "settler" mean in this conversation, and it has already been explained. You don't have to accept the parameters of this conversation - by all means, reject it - but I don't know why I would need to explain it again. You will not be the first person I've ever encountered who was upset about being described as a settler, even though the word, as it is being used (as a neutral descriptor for a non-indigenous person) seems to fit well.

The fact that these words are intoned insultingly when uttered by people who adhere to identitarian ideologies is an entirely unrelated matter. Again, for a homophobe, the word "gay" can be used insultingly. Doesn't mean that "gay" isn't a useful descriptor, within a certain conversation