The_Yoda said:
Since you ignored most of my questions I will only respond tongue in cheek - I would say Adidas tracksuits are almost traditional Russian Mafia / Eastern European attire. If she were Russian and shady trackies may have fit. You'll like this that I got in the search results: Do Eastern Europeans wear tracksuits? Athletic clothing Tracksuits have a unique history in Eastern Europe and the UK. You might see them on the street, but wearing one yourself sends out some fairly complicated class and subculture signals! On a slightly more serious note: A big part of your failure to connect your points to your readers seems to stem from your rather rigid definition of cultural significance. You are a decade and a half removed from your school days so forgive me for not accepting as fact your assertion that 'they'll tell you to go home if you wear this or that'. Seems speculative and based on your feelings instead of fact. Speaking of feelings ... Not being from the UK, it is only my feeling, that what passes for 'acceptable' would vary widely from region to region and/or school to school. Is my feeling inaccurate? Lastly IMO you got pilled on because you spit vitriol at the wrong person. Why did you yourself not address any of the posts you felt were xenophobic and start instead with an almost personal and assumptive reply to Mummel? Could it be you thought the other posters not worthy of your time? Could Mummel have not felt the same way? If that were the case it would explain his lack of addressing the other posters rather than explain who he is as a person or tell you all you needed to know about him. Look at me now you have me speculating. Edit - Sorry about the formatting after the copy/paste of my search results I can't seem to fix it and it is difficult to read. |
I offered a general rebuttal of the kind of comments that were being made on the first page of the discussion, I didn’t think specifically targeting anyone would be productive. This other dude was the guy who specifically replied to me and took umbrage at my statement, as his very first involvement in the discussion that I can see. I don’t think what he said is as bad as the general rhetoric from the early discussion but he was specially the one looking for an argument.
