Originally Posted by
Jack Burton
What I meant by that is: it's funny to watch people trying to insult others by telling them that they look similar to a non-european ethnicity. I understand why some people might get offended by that statement in here: this is a an european preservationist website after all, who would want to be told that they are an outlier group? Exactly.
Which leads me to my second point. The group under "attack" takes offence in this and then fights tooth and nail to prove to the rest of the collective that those "attacks" are bullshit, unfounded and that they are 100% european. And im not just talking about the spaniards here, I seen this happen before:
Finns/Hungarians being told that they are bunch of mongoloids that came from the nomadic tribes that invaded Europe at some time and point in history.
or
Greeks/Albanians/Bosnians comparisons with the Turks.
and so on and so forth...
Both the people attacking and the people overreacting to these attacks reflect an underlying insecurity in both parties.
A simple "this is a troll thread, fuck this shit" would have sufficed. Genetic studies are pretty conclusive; history, very revealing. I cannot wrap my arms around this in-fighting. But the fact that this thread even exists, let alone being 14 pages long, speaks volumes about what is going on in this forum.
This type of threads, which have been done ad nauseam, should be switfly dealt with, and the moderator should then put forth a link redirecting people to some sort of database...which gives me an idea.
I think this is something that the forum is lacking: sticky threads made specifically to dispel this kind of confusion. To make it more authentic, each group (particularly those taking constant flak) should get together and form a pseudo think-tank where they could discuss these issues; think of it like making a thesis. After the brainstorming session is over, present your project to the forum and request a sticky. Boom, problem solved.
Yeah...I know what you are thinking: it sounds too fucking formal for a recreational forum. But I feel that as long as something of that magnitude isnt done then we are all going to keep watching this type of threads pop up every once in a while.
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