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4.02.2005 ||> Soiled and petty as we happily taunt her
On a certain site, I made a comment about a certain person in Russian, and called the author of another site "silly". In the next comment, he wrote back and said (and I quote)
I realize English may not be your native language, SepraOf course, I never let anything go.
As this comment nagged at me, I first thought it was just moronic and as a biting remark, was actually pretty complimentary. Yes, I am bilingual, thank you. But then I started thinking that it is a sad commentary on life here that if someone speaks in a different language in the States, well then it must be that person's native language. It couldn't possibly be that an American might be cultured or multilingual or international all by themselves.
It's a bit disturbing that someone who writes political commentary about international events would look down upon someone who has actually traveled to a place longer than for two weeks in their gap year. Especially so, if that someone speaks the language of the place they are commenting on, and knows what they're talking about. Sure, ridicule those people, because it covers up your own moronic behavior.
Lastly, if a person reads a post twice and still has no idea what the writer is talking about, I think that the writer should start asking himself where he went wrong. Was it all the drugs he took in high school that made him that nuts? Or was it just that his writing is shit? The answer may remain a mystery.
(I feel much better now!)
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