Turkey Referendum Discussion- Update: Meet your new dictator

[palou]

Turkish said:

palou said:

Please do refrain, nonetheless, from using those terms to describe the situation - it's okay to call out someone for xenophobia, but talks of colonization, invasion, etc... just adds to the negative sentiment, and makes more than the person you replied to uncomfrotable.

 

You will find that far more europeans sympathize with the turks than feeling any schadenfreude.

Refrain from what?

something you can expect from German and Dutch people

Refrain from that. Yes, there are dutch and german racists - Quark seems to be among them, never said the contrary. No, they do not represent a majority and accusing everyone does not help the debate. I'm fine with Turks/Syrians/etc... entering the country, so is pretty much everyone I know. I do know that people that think differently exist. But in general statements like that, you are also insulting me, without any cause, and you cannot expect me to be fine with that.

 

Generalizations are always bad, regardless of who uses them.