Moderators, can we close this thread now? In retrospect I shouldnt have called the tram driver a racist...maybe he was maybe he wasnt but I dont want to spend another minute thinking about it...and yes some replies were helpful, some were plain mean and one person actually banned me...which goes to show the level of tolerance here....but strangely this thread has taught me what not to do and to be more tolerant. Thanks!
Again, can we close the thread plz?
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I dont know if its a ban or what, I have a red dot next to my nick.
That's negative reputation.
Click on the 'control panel' button at the top of your screen, under your name, then scroll down. You'll see who gave you the negative reputation and the comment s/he made when s/he did it.
I wouldn't lose any sleep over it, if I were you. It's only a red blob. It won't come to your house and pull faces through the window.
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I wouldn't lose any sleep over it, if I were you. It's only a red blob. It won't come to your house and pull faces through the window.
Moderators, can we close this thread now? In retrospect I shouldnt have called the tram driver a racist...maybe he was maybe he wasnt but I dont want to spend another minute thinking about it...and yes some replies were helpful, some were plain mean and one person actually banned me...which goes to show the level of tolerance here....but strangely this thread has taught me what not to do and to be more tolerant. Thanks!
Again, can we close the thread plz?
The only thing it said was don't assume it is racist. The rest, well you prob knew all that anyway
Why is it when something bad happens to someone - the first thought is that it's down to attitudes towards the colour of their skin...
Perhaps because after having to deal with a large number of racist comments throughout ones life, some people do start to get defensive. I can understand that.
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yesterday I watched a (Swiss?) woman board the tram and she literally sat right on the crack between the two seats, while a Muslim woman was preparing to sit next to her. The look exchanged was classic.
Racism/Classism/Xenophobia is rampant here, like nothing I've ever seen before. That said, I'm willing to believe the tram operator in the OP's case was keeping a schedule.
I've huffed it a few times to try and catch a tram and had the same thing happen. At least it's only 7 minutes until the next one.
To see a tram or a train departing when you are less than a meter away is something experienced by most people.
Whether the women sitting on the crack was Swiss or not does not matter, but I suppose that she was from a "north-of-the-Alps" European country, while the "Muslim women" most likely was from a Muslim country. As you can see in countries like Austria, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Netherlands etc, more or less xenophobe right-wing parties get between 18% and 30% of the votes. So that Switzerland is right in the middle of the field. I don't know what you have seen before. But reality in Austria, Germany, France and the Netherland is sometimes worse and sometimes less evil.
Perhaps because after having to deal with a large number of racist comments throughout ones life, some people do start to get defensive. I can understand that.
If the card gets overplayed it loses its impact and things will never move forward. Racism is a terrible thing in society but people looking for it where it doesn't exist are just diluting its severity unnecessarily.
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