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Post by throwaway2037 »

hdgvhicv wrote: post #271
throwaway2037 wrote: post #138

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Certain cultures teach that diversity is a bad thing to be feared and extinguished. Ok, I take the bait. Which ones?

Just today https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/education/news/mandarin-...

Mainland Chinese gov't claims to have 56 official ethnicities in their country. They are certainly celebrated by official media. In particular, they seem to love the southwest portion of the country (Guangxi and Yunnan) with many mountaineous regions and various ethnic groups, mostly because they do not protest the central gov't. Also, look at the coins and bills of yuan -- many different ethnicities.

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Post by jowsie »

dofm wrote: post #117
SadErn wrote: post #15

My first thought after reading is that I fear for the author's safety. From the outside, this does not appear to be a safe time to express nationalism or cultural pride in the UK. The Internet is not free in the UK and decreasingly so in the rest of the world.

You fear for his safety!? > From the outside You should try visiting the inside. More generally, we Brits draw a measure of distinction between cultural pride and nationalism: the former is good, and we have plenty of it; the latter is viewed with suspicion, for good reason. (Edited for clarity)

Their comment is even funnier considering the sudden rise of Farage and Friends.

Their attempts to claim culture is governed by strong borders is also hilarious when an hour's drive in any direction from London would expose them to people they probably wouldn't even realise are speaking English.

I've always wondered why people who so proudly claim to not be from here speak with such authority about how it is to live here.

It's Fox news claimed no-go zones and Sharia law cities all over again. Utter bullshit.

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Post by kurtis_reed »

blenderob wrote: post #46

I read several blogs that use British English, including this OP's blog. Some of my favourite blogs in my RSS reader are British English blogs, or at least they use British English spellings and grammar. I find their use of the English language very charming and funny in a unique way. It surprises me that anyone would feel entitled to ask a blogger to change the variety of English they use. American English is only o…

Imagine someone wrote a blog in some obscure language that few people speak. If you happen to know that language, you'd think wow this is great. If you don't happen to know that language, you'd just think it's a shame. This is the same thing, just to a lesser degree. Some people might be interested in putting in the effort to learn a bunch of foreign cultural references, but not everyone.

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Post by throwaway2037 »

dhosek wrote: post #255
tpoacher wrote: post #238

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is it bait? I'm pretty sure it's a reasonably factual, albeit general claim. Asking chatGPT for country-specific examples for instance gives this: > Yes—some countries have (at various times, and in some cases still today) adopted policies aimed at making the population more “homogeneous,” through segregation, assimilation pressure, or exclusion/deportation. Concrete examples: - South Africa (apartheid era, 1948–1990…

I would edit the US item to remove “historical” given the current efforts to reinstate everything in parentheses and add new ones.

Fair point. I did not write my response from a historical viewpoint. I was writing from a current persepective. To give credit to their reply, many of their example are correct. With the exception of some very backwards dictatorships, at this point, pretty much most countries value some diversity. Plus, after 2010, all people under 30 have watched thousands of hours of YouTube, so they know the world is big, cool, and very diverse.

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Post by kurtis_reed »

penguin_booze wrote: post #363
blenderob wrote: post #46

I read several blogs that use British English, including this OP's blog. Some of my favourite blogs in my RSS reader are British English blogs, or at least they use British English spellings and grammar. I find their use of the English language very charming and funny in a unique way. It surprises me that anyone would feel entitled to ask a blogger to change the variety of English they use. American English is only o…

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Actually, it's "either the word 'whom' or when to use it". I guess you should learn actual English.

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Post by therealdrag0 »

throwaway2037 wrote: post #138
vitally3643 wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Certain cultures teach that diversity is a bad thing to be feared and extinguished. Diversity is only a good thing when your mind has been poisoned by "education" and "experience". It requires an open mind to see diverse experiences as a good thing, and certain cultures think having citizens with open minds is an unprofitable way to run a society.

> Certain cultures teach that diversity is a bad thing to be feared and extinguished. Ok, I take the bait. Which ones?

More approachable framing: tribalism (generally accepted human tendency) is inherently anti-diversity.

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Post by therealdrag0 »

biofox wrote: post #28

I am the only Brit in the department I work in. No one gets the cultural references or British idioms I use, and I've found myself significantly changing the language I use to a very utilitarian and direct style to prevent the endless blank stares... reading this blog post just made me realise that this self-editing has made my interactions rather more 'flat' and unnatural, as they now lack spontaneity, with everythi…

Unfortunately in multi-cultural workplaces language is driven to common denominators for efficiency.

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Post by smallnix »

cmiles8 wrote: post #99

The ultimate irony is that many folks asking for things to be “more inclusive” are asking for someone else to modify their behavior to fit the requester’s preference and definition of the “right” way, which is the literal opposite of being inclusive. This blog calls that out brilliantly.

I agree this blog is highlighting the irony in that. But I think you are overreaching and injecting your agenda when claiming that it says that "many folks asking for things to be “more inclusive” are asking for someone else to modify their behavior".

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Post by smallnix »

gib444 wrote: post #260
cmiles8 wrote: post #99

The ultimate irony is that many folks asking for things to be “more inclusive” are asking for someone else to modify their behavior to fit the requester’s preference and definition of the “right” way, which is the literal opposite of being inclusive. This blog calls that out brilliantly.

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