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Romanian president's NATO candidacy not backed by the US or Baltic states (libranet.de)

submitted 7 months ago by petrescatraian@libranet.de to c/news@beehaw.org

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[–] maculata@aussie.zone 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

It’s not racist. It’s fact. Romany Gypsies are notoriously scummy.

“Race” is a construct of the Victorians and utterly corrupt. People are people. Some groups of people are less well behaved culturally than others.

[–] petrescatraian@libranet.de 15 points 7 months ago (1 children)

@maculata No, what you said is double-folded racist:

It assumes all Roma people steal - which is not true, there are great people of Roma origin that contributed greatly to the society, but the situation this minority went through along the history put it more to the edge of the societies and made them more exposed to criminal activity.
It assumes that all Romanian people are Roma people who steal and scam people - so, as a Romanian myself, thanks for making me a thief or a scammer I guess? :)

[–] maculata@aussie.zone 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

My experiences in Western Europe are purely with the scum of your nation then. Why not keep them chained up rather than soiling Romania’s reputation abroad?

[–] petrescatraian@libranet.de 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

@maculata Respecting human rights like in that same Western Europe, I guess?

[–] maculata@aussie.zone 1 points 7 months ago

Yeah whatever.

Plenty of Irish and Scottish travellers that are just as scummy. It’s a people problem not a racial problem.

Thieving, scamming, environment-destroying shits all deserve an end I cannot describe here.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 7 months ago

I’m not racist for saying Black people are more likely to commit crimes. That just a fact.

That’s how you sound.