| What do you mean by European? Because as someone with Slavic heritage, I'd rather you excluded my culture from your offensively aggregated "Western European" culture. You don't get to claim Dostoyevsky, Pushkin, and Solzhenitsyn just because the color of our skin has a similar shade. In terms of religion, the Orthodox Church only has surface-level overlap with Evangelical Protestantism. And much like the Irish, Polish, and other "less desirable" European ethnicities, we weren't even considered fully white until sometime in the 20th century. Europe is a massive melting pot, not some single, monolithic "culture." In fact, I have much more in common with my Latino neighbors than the WASPs having conniptions over the purported decline of "white culture." > the end of slavery Lol, lmao. Well, it's pretty obvious what fetid corners of the web you lurk in. |
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| ▲ | tomhow 7 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | You've been on HN long enough to know that this kind of discussion is not what HN is for. This comment breaks these guidelines: Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Edit out swipes. Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive. Please don't fulminate. Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community. Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith. Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents. Omit internet tropes. Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. It tramples curiosity. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html | | |
| ▲ | TheSpiceIsLife 7 hours ago | parent [-] | | Would you have responded in this manner in your capacity as a HN moderator if I were expounding the virtues of Islam? Or is it only white Christian people who are not allowed to say anything positive about the countries they live in. | | |
| ▲ | tomhow 7 hours ago | parent [-] | | Yes, we uphold the guidelines no matter what “side” the commenter is on, and yes, we flag/kill comments and warn or ban users who engage in battle over race or religion, regardless of who they’re for or against. Stop poisoning HN with this kind of rhetoric and stop trying to deflect from your own disrespect of this site and its guidelines. The whole reason HN is something anyone thinks is worth defending is that we have guidelines and we uphold them consistently, regardless of topic or side. If you want to participate here, we need you, like everyone, to make the effort to raise the standards rather than drag them down. |
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| ▲ | defrost a day ago | parent | prev [-] | | On the one hand, I do know where you're coming from, on the other ... White European culture [..] including [..] Australia, Canada, South Africa and Zimbabwe before they turned to shit.
Freedom of expression, not executing gays or hunting them for sport; the end of slavery,
Congrats, you've named places that in my lifetime have had effective slavery (stolen generations, imposed domestic servitude) and the freedom to hunt and execute gays (illegal, but common and commonly overlooked).* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_gang_murders (in an about Sydney since the 1970s) | | |
| ▲ | TheSpiceIsLife 7 hours ago | parent [-] | | I’m from Adelaide, so I’m well aware of the gay bashing and “suicides” that happened in Australia. But as you put it: had We’re not still doing those things, are we? And if they do happen we’re going we’re not turning a blind eye to them, are we? | | |
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