That part about transformative migrant culture is from an unrelated Guardian columnist.
You're the one who keeps saying it's Eurocrats, I'm the one saying it's progressive, are we even talking about the same thing? No, of course not. You keep talking past me, the simple matter of the fact is that Europe has just been massively culturally enriched and this is a source of amusement for me. Unless of course you want to deny how enriched the EU is - of course given that 120 migrant languages are recognized here, I think that's a poor argument to make. Transformative change is upon you whether it's spoken by the Guardian or Volksrant. Or me for that matter. Heck, Merkel gave me that lovely quote about how Germoney is losing her social core. So many nice words! :
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You point a EU Commission document which state that it want to protect European cultural diversity and prevent hate speech. I point out that in Eurojargon, protecting European cultural diversity doesn't mean whatever the hell you mean by cultural enrichment in your echo chamber, but that it means letting the states protect their cultural industry. I support my point by providing other press release speaking of cultural diversity, where it's clear the use has nothing to do with immigration. (Plus, I really liked that quote about hospital clowns).
Is Bay12 an echo chamber? Curious, as this is the only place where I use the term cultural enrichment. This is not jargon, these are euphemisms, just as harmonizing and enrichment are. It is the paradoxical process in which cultural diversity is enforced through a common regulation, a same uniform policy enforced against all European cultures for the sake of diversity which you are ignoring, because you are so focused on xenophobia and brown people that you are incapable of thinking in any other frame of mind. It is not about protecting European cultural diversity - or else they would not be regulated and controlled according to a uniform standard dictated by the European Union, it is once more about centralizing power. It is not about preventing 'hate speech,' but about punishing those who speak it by their definitions of hate across all media platforms - against once more immense power, which we have seen used in the Netherlands to punish those who shatpost about cultural enrichment. Both tools will be used to enforce the EU's popularity once more; we have seen how this was done in academia to create a European identity where once everyone had their own and how history itself was rewritten to create one European people. So now they propose a common cultural regulation to 'protect' European cultural diversity, by their definition of European which obviously places the European Union above diversity, and gives itself the power to punish and silence those it deems hateful with no oversight, even if it means using means of copyright to do so.
Though obviously none of that matters, because it's all about white people right? Honestly Sheb? Not even English, French, Germans, Poles, Italians e.t.c., they're all just white? That's not very diverse. In case I haven't made this clear enough even though it seems I joke about it more than enough, I'm not white, have no loyalty to skin pigmentation and far from worshiping Swedish phenotype carriers I find them a sad source of humour, standing for most all that destroys an idle and prosperous civilization. Barring the more unambitious taharrush lads, cultural enrichment brings with it new opportunities to erase the mistakes of whites past, and perhaps allow us to finally move past their insanity once they're taken down a peg.
You counter by providing two quotes. One from a member of the Commission, where diversity is used in the Eurojargon meaning (preserving national and regional culture by allowing protectionism in these areas), and one by some Guardian columnist that use it differently.
But of course all of this presents a challenge, and it lies in striking the right balance between the respect for cultural diversity and the construction of a shared European identity – an identity that does not replace the sense of national belonging, but adds a new layer to the multiple identities of our citizens. The search for this balance is part of what we call intercultural dialogue. It is an integral part of the European project, and it has been so right from the start.
Step by step, the European founding fathers – yes, we have borrowed the phrase from the United States – worked to build a community of people, and not only of states or administrations, in order to make peace an irreversible feature of Europe.
I don't know what this means to you, but this is not protectionism a la France le fromage, this is called assimilation.
Since my argument was about the way European commission officials use the words "European cultural diversity", the quote from the journalist's op-ed is irrelevant, so I didn't address it.
Well your argument is entirely irrelevant to everything I said and I still gave you the courtesy of a reply.
Now, if you want to talk about how the commission's update to its regulation is a threat to free speech, why not. But then, why are you just posting a screenshot of a press release and commenting "I always supported cultural enrichment"?
Because it's a self-effacing joke on how the EU regulating media platforms to ensure friendly and safe environments conducive to their agenda means all including myself will have to watch their tones and messages. The joke being the EU supports cultural enrichment, I support cultural enrichment and have always done so - thus the EU has no qualm with me and will not strike me with their common regulation. Underlined are the areas of concern that are friendly ways of saying seize control of media platforms and find as many mechanisms capable of controlling narratives and punishing individuals for speech we find dangerous. I assumed people would be able to read the press release and form their own judgements including those on the points underlined, as Bay12 is full of intellectuals and other shit.
These are my thought processes and for the terrible jokes thread, be it drier than the Sahara desert :|
You know, this current topic is kinda of interest to me and I'd gladly join discussion but it's late and I'm tired. So here's a plea to everyone not to try and suddenly start throwing too much random unrelated shit around that would cause the thread to get locked until I get back tomorrow. There will be cakes if you behave!
Well, the thread's tone has gotten deadly serious - one wonders if this is an improvement.
Also general question to this thread's denizens, what do you all think of multilateralism?
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I should also add, if I seem particularly bothersome, whilst writing this post I had a horrendous headache due to eating a curry which had half the day's salt intake in it. Was not a smart move on my part, and has probably taken a day off of my lifespan.