re: #546 HappyWarrior

Respect. We all grow in some ways. By the way, I believe you and Ziggy have had a lot of legitimate concerns about the Serbian government too. Zig had in teh past though to his credit hasn’t generalized the Serbian people as much anymore. I just wanted to point that my late grandfather’s best friend, a Serbian-American happily voted against Trump and for Clinton. And I myself am an American of Yugoslavian descent. In America, we should be able to look past a lot of the old hatreds and learn to live and love together. I’m part Irish as well and two of my cousins have married Englishmen and my British cousins in law are two of the best guys I know.

Yeah to be fair, even though I don’t like to hold collective responsibility toward anybody, the way I deliver the message would run contradictory to my belief.

I don’t want to hold all of Serbia responsible for what happened, because I fully realize that there is a sizable minority who doesn’t deny the crimes committed. And if I meet a Serb or Greek or Assyrian or Chaldean or [insert any group that has victimized Muslims], I would still prefer to give them benefit of the doubt instead of just brushing them off.

It’s not like I would want all of Serbia bombed for even more punishment for its crimes. What’s done is done. I just wish they would acknowledge their crimes, but hopefully they eventually will, even if it takes another 100 years for it.

To add, it has also exposed an ugly side of me after the election. The side where I would love nothing more to see Middle Eastern Christians or Iranians who voted for Trump to suffer, and suffer at the hands of those whom they feel are their allies for their misguided vote. The video I posted yesterday of an Assyrian woman being degraded by someone for speaking the language was a powderkeg for me, as I went ballistic and started being “joyful” even at seeing poetic justice being enforced.

Even for many of us in the anti-Trump camp, this election has exposed us as well. The ugly side of human nature and the desire to settle scores and inflict harm on those that made illogical choices that affect us.