How the Settlers See Themselves

David’s question: “Also, I'd like to understand, what are the settlers thinking? What's their framing? Why do they think they're being in the right here?”

Eve: “The part worth sitting with is that most settlers don't see themselves as aggressors. They see themselves as pioneers filling a vacuum, building communities on land they believe is theirs, and the violence gets rationalized as self-defense or as unfortunate excess by fringe elements.”