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'Lost African tribe' set up home in Scots woodlands as locals left baffled
(www.dailyrecord.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 21 Aug 2025
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I'm skeptical. If these people truly are of a tribe attempting to reclaim stolen land, I support them. But the cynic in me wonders if they're cosplaying and looking for a con.
They're African. There were never any Africans living in Scotland before the slave trade.
Well, to be pedantic, we're all African immigrants, just many generations removed. But, yeah.
If it lets them get back to nature and pursue enlightenment, does the story they use to get there really matter?
Yes, if they're lying to perpetuate fraud.
Isn't that every religion?
Yes and no. There are true believers and there are charlatans who knowingly swindle people. That much is easily apparent.