but the ones who invade neighboring and far away places and export their tyranny elsewhere are a worse breed in my opinion
But this phrase describes the Zulus perfectly (Except the worse breed part) so what is your criteria for judging Europeans as worse? The Boers and Huguenots were fleeing religious persecution.
I'm sorry but your description of Europeans as "colonizer's" is just lazy (Racist?) history, all human beings are colonizers.
it is a complicated issue that takes a lot of nuance to flesh out, and I am not even sure I fully know how to do it yet lol.
As far as the Zulus go, as I said before, I am against all tyranny, so I am definetly not saying that they are good guys here.
Also, I am not saying that all europeans are guilty oppressors, or that there should be some sort of white guilt attached to that.
However, I think that conquest and colonization is one of the most disgusting practices that humans have engaged in, and it is something that should be condemned.
All colonialism is bad, and I know it wasnt just europeans who were guilty of this. Western countries are singled out in these discussions because they happened to be the best at the conquest game, but this is not something that anyone should be proud of.
As someone who comes from that part of the world, I feel that we have a bit more control over whether or not this is socially acceptable behavior in the future, which is why i do my best to speak out against war and colonialism in general, regardless of who is behind it.
Also, it is important to recognize that these conquests still have consequences that ripple into modern times.