tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439673360261416.post3622609825869648314..comments2023-10-28T01:08:17.601-07:00Comments on David Talks/The Berner Monologues: UNCIVILDavid Bernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05707698404226464547noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439673360261416.post-48968036164666054822011-06-09T18:00:02.286-07:002011-06-09T18:00:02.286-07:00Your all-too-clever superior comment was sooooo pr...Your all-too-clever superior comment was sooooo predictable.<br /><br />Maybe you had to be there to hear the voice and see the body language.<br /><br />This man was speaking from a position of ig-norance. That is, he knows not of where he speaks.<br /><br />This is not an egg shells moment.David Bernerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05707698404226464547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4242439673360261416.post-71211012010787164932011-06-09T16:37:34.113-07:002011-06-09T16:37:34.113-07:00I remember an older relative of mine referring to ...I remember an older relative of mine referring to people of Asian decent as "Asiatics" He also referred to African Canadians as "Negroes".<br /><br />Although these words are old fashioned and fallen out of favour - they were not meant as slurs or derogatory statements. It was perfectly easy to update him on the preferred terms.<br /><br />Notwithstanding his old fashioned language - his comments and questions were otherwise non-inflammatory.<br /><br />I actually have sympathy for your neighbour in this situation (as you described it). He mentioned that he had sympathy for Palestinians (many who have been displaced from their land and have had their own homes overtaken by their Isreali neighbours).<br /><br />If he had denied the death of millions of Jewish people at the hands of the Nazis, called you a "dirty" anything or the "k" word - I would have been appalled too.<br /><br />As you described it, he did none of these things.<br /><br />Say "hello" to your neighbour - if he would even want to communicate with you when he would have to walk on eggshells if he brought up topics that might be sensitive to you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com