• vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    7 months ago

    Your comment consisted only of characterizing it as a specifically European problem

    No I did not.

    Should I have said “this is Europe too”?

    Let me guess, you think I should also say “black lives matter too”?

    Your transparent and instrumental deliberate misinterpretation of my words is your concern, not mine.

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      7 months ago

      “This happens in all of Europe, not just Spain” would have been better, if that’s what you meant to say.

      Your transparent and instrumental deliberate misinterpretation of my words is your concern, not mine.

      I’m not a mind reader. I replied to the most likely intended meaning based on the words used. If you wanted to say something else, you should have used other words.

          • vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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            7 months ago

            Listen. I’m going to explain it to you like you are five.

            “This is America” is a phrase often used to lament police misconduct in the US. By adapting it I explicitly referenced US police misconduct, thereby saying “we have this problem too”. Only if you are ignorant or in bad faith could you interpret this explicit reference to the African American struggle against police violence as “this happens only in Europe”.

            If there are mistaken assumptions they are yours and yours alone.

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              7 months ago

              Upvote for explaining the reference. But to expect the average reader to know that is a bit far stretched.

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              7 months ago

              That’s a hell of a lot to expect people to infer from 3 words, especially when the phase you’re adapting IS specifically about it being especially bad in America compared to everywhere else, which it is.

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                  7 months ago

                  Nope. Pointing out your mistaken assumptions ≠ not understanding your subsequent explanations.

                  Or, to explain it like you’re five: not agreeing with your take does not mean not understanding.

                  • vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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                    7 months ago

                    The fact that I don’t phrase things exactly like you would have wanted me to is something you’ll just have to accept.

                    Your arrogant, uncharitable and sanctimonious attitude is also not really doing you any favors.

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                    7 months ago

                    Pointing out your mistaken assumptions ≠ not understanding your subsequent explanations.

                    Just out of curiosity, what are these mistaken assumptions of mine?