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I think you could have toned down the rhetoric a bit, but I do agree that the comments you mentioned aren't great, and did add context to the comment you replied to.

You're not wrong, though. Slovakia is at or near the bottom of EU average wages iirc.


> I think you could have toned down the rhetoric a bit, but I do agree that the comments you mentioned aren't great, and did add context to the comment you replied to.

I understand your point but personally I simply cannot accept such xenophobic stupidity, if someone spouts that in public they need to be publicly shamed for it. Unfortunately there are many safe places for this kind of abhorrent behaviour on the internet, I believe this forum shouldn't be one of them.

I agree with you that xenophobia and racism have no place here.

However, we have to endeavor to exercise good faith. Sometimes it's enough to simply let another's words speak for themselves, and by quoting alone, you have done the community a boon. The site isn't for public shaming, it's for thoughtful discussion. I would rather show respect for others by my response and hope to have a real human interaction that can show someone my true colors rather than tell someone else who or what they are or aren't.

I guess I care about people, even if I don't like their behavior or speech, because I want to understand them and their experiences. People make sweeping statements or unfair generalizations, and that's an opportunity to ask people how they came to believe or say such things. Sometimes, people don't even have specific things they can point to, and they may be more amenable to reason than you realize. It just takes willingness to meet people where they are, not where we'd rather they be.

Great points, I will do my best to internalise them because it does resonate.
Thank you for being here. If I have done anything, it is by learning from others.

"Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that." Strength to Love, 1963.

"If we are to have peace on earth, our loyalties must become ecumenical rather than sectional. Our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and this means we must develop a world perspective." Christmas sermon, Atlanta, Georgia, 1967.

https://www.nps.gov/mlkm/learn/quotations.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.

I don't think I've ever seen an interaction of this kind of as smoothly, kudos to both of you, and I'm trying to learn from it too :)

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