If people had respected the right of people to practice and believe as they wish, there would be no problem, but now their cultures are in tatters after centuri

If people had respected the right of people to practice and believe as they wish, there would be no problem, but now their cultures are in tatters after centuries of violence and forced reeducation, and they're trying to protect what's left. The current situation is the result of people not believing what you said, in the past or present. You speak in abstract terms of rights and privileges. This is the actual, real situation. There are real human consequences to treating endangered indigenous cultures as something to repackage and transform for the benefit of people outside those cultures. Keep that in mind as you debate abstract ideas with "society," whatever that is.