And the xenophobia in Nordic countries existed long before the current immigration crisis.

I understand the many dynamics at play in the immigration crisis, but thanks for the condescension.

And by the way, it’s not that fact that you don’t like it, it’s that you deal with not liking by passing discriminatory legislation and spouting hateful rhetoric. And the amount of casual racism and xenophobia and microaggressions here is mind-boggling. Denmark is a society where conformity is one of the highest…

Are you a Dane? You sure sound like a Dane.

Also, Danes spend a ton money and resources on teaching immigrants Danish and they do indeed learn Danish. The problem is that many workplaces only want to hire people with unaccented 100% fluent Danish and Danish surnames, ie Danes. It is not the language issue that is marginalizing immigrants in Denmark, it’s the…

Are you in the Americans in Denmark facebook group? If so just make a post saying I AM CHUPACABRA and I will see it :)

Pretty much all of the American expats that I know agree that Europe is generally much more racist and xenophobic than America, including Americans of color. Of course the violence that results from racism here is greater, but that is because of guns and greater income inequality, not because of sentiment. And in a…

But you very clearly used the term ‘expats’ which you and I both know only refers to a certain subset of the population and it is one that has come to Germany voluntarily for various reasons and is self-supporting. If people can support themselves in Germany without learning German, then why the hostility towards…

Ummmm...... Of course there is nothing wrong with learning the language as an immigrant. My point was that there are many reasons why an immigrant might not yet have done so at any given time other than their ‘refusal’ to do so as suggested by the commenter here.

Your general point here is good, but seriously what is up with the aggressive ‘refuse to learn our language’ rhetoric? Many people just haven’t learned the language yet or are simply only going to be in Germany for a short time or perhaps like me when it comes to Danish, the more they learn the more appalled they…

The term ‘rampaged’ is a bit loaded no? Also for some context, fireworks are really big in Germany and here in Denmark on NYE. Like people let them off in the middle of every single street for an hour straight at least. Children stand a few feet away and watch. And as someone who lives a few hours from the German…

Yeah, my mom was never on my case about cleaning up and I still hate it so I think this should be a lesson in not blaming our mothers for adult laziness.

This whole thing bums me out hardcore. I worked for one of the orgs Fitzgibbon represented and knew him from back when he was at Fenton and I never had a clue about this. Perhaps he saved it for his employees. So gross and sad. I really think the folks losing their jobs are going to do ok though. They are a very…

Yeah I enjoy it as well. Mainly because you can really tell that everyone on the show is having a really good time. Also one of my classmates from college is one of the writers and producers and so I think it’s awesome that she’s been so successful.

Right, so here is how it works in Denmark and how I believe it should work: universal health care and easy access to abortions in the first trimester. After the first trimester, you have to get approval for the abortion from a special panel of doctors. They usually give it. I am very much pro-choice but trying to…

You would hate Denmark, as that is their national MO. Think a Dane has made a racist joke? You just don’t get Danish humor and please stop with all that American political correctness. You know it’s bad when America is held up as an example of a place where people go out of their way not to offend each other about…

How about barring my husband? I am a citizen and he is a non-citizen Muslim. Surely that violates my rights as a citizen, no?

Yeah these are some bad ass bitches having a damn good time. They are owning this shit and it is a pleasure to watch. The combination of sexy and powerful is finetuned here. I just love literally everything about this video, and before watching it I seriously couldn’t have named a single JB hit. Whoever produced this…

If your parents haven’t been abusive and interacting with them isn’t psychologically damaging, you absolutely owe them a relationship. I mean if anybody can owe anybody anything, then this is it. The mother here sounds like a bit of a narcissist but so do you.

Nope. Only time I accidentally got pregnant was when condom broke. Have used pullout method with multiple partners and it is completely effective if done right.