Meh. I mean listen, the US IS racist - there is no two ways about it, and I think the fact that it’s institutionalised makes it easier to pinpoint and critique, for the outsiders as well. That said, of course Europeans can be as ignorant as their American counterparts, I just disagree that we pretend like we don’t…

Essentially - both the US and Europe are racist. And frankly, I don’t think one is more racist than the other, it’s just expressed in a different way with varying consequences. Europeans don’t incarcerate black men en masse or shoot them in the streets, but they do plenty of other fucked up shit. As they say, those in…

My background is actually Eastern European (Lithuanian/Serbian) but I grew up in Denmark, so I guess my perspective is a bit all over the place.

Well, don’t know what to tell you dude, but as someone who’s lived in Denmark, UK, France, Italy, Serbia and Lithuania I really haven’t been told that at all.

I don’t recommend you follow the current discourse going on in some European countries about the role of the church, and their insistence that Europe was founded as a “Christian” continent. If anything, I’d argue that everything that’s good about modern Europe is the rejection of Christian dogma - it’s like everyone…

Yup, I’m not entirely sure why anti-Catholic should be some sort of an insult. Considering the amount of harm the church has done, in Ireland in particular, it’s crazy there are still people that are pro-Catholic.

Well obviously there are weirdos everywhere - plenty of Americans think that the US is “post” racial. Perhaps it’s a linguistic thing. I’d argue that Europeans are more xenophobic/islamophobic and Americans traditionally racist (as in skin colour based). But I have not encountered anyone who doesn’t think we have…

Sorry, I misread. I just really can’t with Hungary right now - the shit that their media and politicians are spewing is vile on every level. And I mean don’t get me wrong, it’s not like pretty much all of Eastern European countries aren’t acting appallingly (looking at you Slovakia - “we can only take Christian…

Ok possibly :P But honestly I’ve read it several times when people weren’t joking and I’m confused.

People in that area are not happy because a lot of them are assholes. And Hungary is currently being one of the biggest assholes of them all, especially in the form of the PM Viktor Orban. Please stop with the nonsense that poor Hungarians are upset because so many people have crossed their borders uninvited and make…

I hear this shite all the time, and as a European I really need to ask, who are these people telling you that Europeans can’t be racist?! I think Europeans pretty much invented fucking racism and I have never, ever heard one European person tell me that we can’t be racist. So again, who are you getting this nonsense…

I actually live in the UAE - but I’m from Denmark.

Well, then you could - in that hypothetical situation - commit suicide. But your personal choice is your personal choice, not a universal truth. And certainly your personal choice cannot be used in any kind of legal context. Also, not going to lie, the concept of life in prison is ridiculous. In Europe it means…

It’s not really a complicated issue. Even if you believed that it was morally permitted to execute someone for a certain crime they committed (albeit I doubt you’ll find many ethics students who’d agree with that), there is no judicial system in the world that is infallible and therefore no judicial system can be…

Yup, that’s what I thought too :-(

Well, I also dare say that South Africans don’t actually own as many guns as Americans. And of course, worth keeping in mind that something like 80% of murders in for example Cape Town happen in a few areas in the townships - so it’s quite “localised”. That said, my husband’s friend a few weeks ago got raped in the…

Well, I’m sure you’re being sarcastic, but this is on EU level. And the EU has been pretty great and forward thinking with women.

My heart!!!!

It’s actually the European Parliament - which has it’s own set of dysfunctionalities for sure ;)

She wasn’t even next to me, but in front! Mostly, I felt bad for her kids - cuz she really didn’t sound loving referring to her own...