Eastern Europe’s Compassion Deficit

[uawchild]

19. the last refugee of a failed argument

So, it's a matter of post counts now, really?

As for your last post...

"It is just as wrong to promote a stereotype that Eastern Europeans are xenophobic and racist as it is to promote the abovementioned false stereotypes. And just because an article appears in the Noo Yawk Timez doesn't mean it is gospel.

Just because you can find articles on the internet that "say so" doesn't mean that these abominable stereotypes are true, or deserve to be spread around, especially on DU."

So, ignore scholars, ignore the issue, discussing xenophobia and backing it up with references is wrong here on DU? Sorry, but your ignoring any and all facts contrary to your position says more about you than me. Arguments like "And just because an article appears in the Noo Yawk Timez doesn't mean it is gospel" while not addressing what the article actually said, frankly seem lacking.

The problem simply is that xenophobia is a recognized problem in eastern Europe, your hyperbole to the contrary not withstanding. The influx of refugees into and through eastern Europe has brought this issue to the front pages of the media, where, I feel, it deserves to be as a legitimate topic worthy of noting and discussing.

But, as you point out, I am a new poster here, though a long time reader. Please alert on any and all of my posts in this thread. If they actually are as off-base as you seem to think, I would honestly appreciate feedback from the jury system and will abide by their decision and mend my ways. I have striven to be polite and factual in my responses to you, but your straw man arguments and ad hominem attack have become tiring. Please, alert on this thread.