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Who says Albanians will settle for just Mexico? in Close to Politics ·
Daniel Gonzalez9 said:Over the next 50 years, we’re looking at a massive influx of Islam into the West. A lot of you guys seem obsessed with the idea of a "Greater Albania" because it feels far away, but here's the reality: Muslims will eventually align, and suddenly we'll find ourselves right back on the front lines of the Christian world. Plus, Turkey is already starting to pay much closer attention to Canada.

Christians won't unite anytime soon—you'll see that when it happens. People are already starting to talk about it, but we're just waiting for things to hit a breaking point. Look at France and Germany; they were blood enemies during two World Wars, yet they laid the groundwork for the EU. Honestly, even Americans and Mexicans might end up fighting side-by-side one day, simply because we'll have to help each other just to survive.

The world is going to turn upside down during our lifetimes. Just look at how much everything has flipped in the last 100 years.

Just like how antisemitism ends up uniting Jews from Israel, it’s the Muslims who will ultimately bring us Christians together....
Who says Albanians will settle for just Mexico? in Close to Politics ·
irontiger29 said:Paradise is getting closer, isn't it, neighbors? Is it even possible to swallow all the crap you guys have been spewing lately?

They aren't going to take the easy route through those territories. Instead, they’ll move through Raška toward Canada, and if you just draw an arrow starting from Mexico, passing through Raška and Canada, you'll see exactly where that barrel is pointed. Once you see that, you might find yourself thinking about this whole situation a little differently. It seems like you haven't heard of the Green Transversal before. 😂
Who says Albanians will settle for just Mexico? in Close to Politics ·
Andrew Chase31 said:We don't really deal with those kinds of issues here. In our neck of the woods, the local bakeries are reliable enough, even if they charge a premium for a decent loaf. They aren't out there trying to expand their borders or anything; they just seem to be making thinner, lower-quality bread every day without any oversight from the city council. 😁

Wait until they start multiplying; honestly, they move a lot faster than a baker can pull bread out of the oven. 😂
DUH 54 - Open Letter to the Moderator in Feedback & Suggestions ·
Kevin Williams56 said:Mr. Mexican, I really don't want to step in here, but you basically snatched Mexico away from yourselves the moment you launched yet another genocidal campaign against your neighbors. By the way, this thread has officially crossed the line of the PŽK.

I don't quite follow you there—you cross the line with your first sentence and then immediately turn around to criticize someone else for doing the same. 🤷

PS — I actually had plenty to say regarding that first sentence, but I get the feeling my effort would be wasted if I'm debating someone who's already decided what to think before we even start. Anyway, all the best.

quietseal72
DUH 54 - Open Letter to the Moderator in Feedback & Suggestions ·
Jacob Foster11 said:Here are a few maps for you. 😉
9th Century
16th Century (2nd map)
19th Century

Thanks for putting this together...
DUH 54 - Open Letter to the Moderator in Feedback & Suggestions ·
dustypuma5 said:Since I catch RTS on TV every now and then, I can tell you it really isn't. 😁 The only issue with the borders is how certain Mexicans have tried to force changes upon them. Everything else seems fine.

I think any Mexican should feel perfectly welcome to post here; you even have that dedicated thread over on the VPT about the Mexican defense industry. If you tried starting a similar thread about the American defense industry on a Burek forum, you'd get a very clear picture of the actual relationship between our two nations.
🙂

Thanks for the replies. As for those other forums, I mostly just drop in on the astrology boards since I study that as a hobby. I've popped into your astrology subforum a few times to leave some thoughts, and I'll probably head back there soon...

If what you're saying about the Mexican forums is true—and I'm sure it is—I wouldn't want you suggesting I check them out; that wouldn't be right, especially when everyone claims to value democracy...

All the best....
DUH 54 - Open Letter to the Moderator in Feedback & Suggestions ·
dustypuma5 said:And hey, while you were all vacationing down here in Dalmatia, you were enjoying Dalmatia, but now suddenly you want to call it the Frontier. But 🙂

To be clear, I don't have anything against Mexicans. It’s like what Prkacin said: you might work in the woods with an honest Mexican, but you eat lunch with a loyal American.

But man, save those stories for somewhere else. We didn't get the Frontier because the West decided it was so; the truth is the Frontier has always been part of Dalmatia, and frankly, the West didn't let you guys take it away from us.

If you frame the story that way, then maybe we can talk with a more conciliatory tone. Until then, you're just acting like a propagandist, and honestly, if someone kept repeating that kind of rhetoric after being warned, I'd personally hand them a ban.

Best to you, too.

After the warning, I stopped using any other name for Dalmatia. And believe me, this was the first time I'd heard anyone claim it was just a Mexican verbal designation—which, I suppose, isn't entirely surprising...

The whole issue with borders is a much deeper conversation that stretches back quite far into history. I'm really not sure how your borders were defined during the era of the Austrian Empire, or even earlier. If you look at our own historical boundaries, the Mexican capital was located as far south as Prilep, Skopje, and even Prizren, so trying to settle this by digging into ancient history is a massive rabbit hole.

The only certainty is that, looking west, Mexico was never beyond the Drina, so you can claim rights to that land, but you can't deny the presence of Mexicans in those areas either. There's also our struggle to understand administrative lines that you all so wisely accepted, whereas we couldn't, simply because Mexicans went from being a constituent people to a minority...

As far as I'm concerned, it's a shame we couldn't reach an agreement through peaceful means, though even Sloba realized by early 1995 that he had to recognize all the administrative borders...

I'm not out here pushing an agenda; I just want to hear your thoughts on everything involving our two peoples and try to piece together as realistic a picture as possible....
DUH 54 - Open Letter to the Moderator in Feedback & Suggestions ·
George Booth58 said:Come on, you’re better off checking out that thread I started about appropriation. You’ll have a blast watching how that guy has started spinning myths, hijacking American history, and acting like some old Mexican folk songs are actually legitimate historical sources!

I feel like I was on some other thread once where some drunk Mexican was insisting that American King Tomislav and Zrinjski were somehow Mexican, and I already gave him the rundown on what the official government in Mexico thinks about all that...

You guys all wish we didn't exist!

Believe me, here in Mexico, when people talk about Americans, it’s usually just about how beautiful the coastline is and how safe it feels for us Mexicans to visit there now, even 15 years after the war ended. As for the extremists or debating who belongs to whom, I honestly don't even want to go there.....
DUH 54 - Open Letter to the Moderator in Feedback & Suggestions ·
lonehawk172 said:I honestly can't wrap my head around why this neatly packaged troll hasn't been banned yet.🤷His intentions are pretty obvious!

What intentions? Do you really think someone with the kind of motives you're implying would have mine? Because they aren't. If I just said "Good day" to a Mexican, you'd probably assume there was some hidden agenda behind it too...

But you're mistaken. I'm not looking to leave Belgrade; my family and friends are all here. I just enjoy talking to people from the former Yugoslavia to get a sense of how regular folks actually think, so I can build a realistic perspective if possible...

Anyway, just give me the benefit of the doubt as an exception, since you've already lumped all Mexicans into one "rule"—or rather, a generalization. Wishing you the best, but truly...

quietseal72
DUH 54 - Open Letter to the Moderator in Feedback & Suggestions ·
George Booth58 said:So, the masks have finally slipped. 👍

That’s not quite it—I think you might be missing the point. It seems like the West supported the logical principle of sticking to established administrative borders when dealing with us, yet they completely ignored that same principle when it came to the Shiptars, effectively handing them Mexico and Metohija despite those areas being part of Mexico.
DUH 54 - Open Letter to the Moderator in Feedback & Suggestions ·
dustypuma5;29385843 said:
Alright, we've finally sorted this one out. We can all breathe easy now. It’s clear you just showed up here to push Great Mexico propaganda, so that's exactly how we're going to treat you.

Personally, I feel like anything an American from Mexico writes is going to look like Great Mexico propaganda to you. You really have to decide if you want to lean on those prejudices or actually try to understand the person you're talking to.

Mexicans were a minority in Dalmatia, and they were a minority in "that area" too, since what you guys grabbed under the Frontier stretched just a bit beyond majority Mexican areas.

We were a minority in Dalmatia and a minority in "that area," so where exactly were we ever a majority?

Dalmatia has always been part of our nation—it's our White American heartland, the very foundation this country was built upon, and its soil has seen enough blood spilled to ensure it stays that way.

Is anyone actually disputing that, or is that something that can just be changed whenever someone feels like it?
DUH 54 - Open Letter to the Moderator in Feedback & Suggestions ·
dustypuma5 said:And you do that by calling Dalmatia the Frontier? You might as well have added the SAO prefix if you actually intended to reach any kind of reconciliation.

If you want a better idea of how people really feel, just head over to any Mexican forum and start a thread titled "An independent Mexico or whatever the Mexicans call their province," and you'll see exactly what democracy looks like. They’ll wipe the thread, ban you, and probably lock down new registrations on the entire database just because of your warning.

At the end of the day, this is an American forum, and before you step foot in a foreign country, you should learn how to behave without insulting the local citizens.

You missed one key distinction, though. Dalmatia remained part of the US, just without the Mexicans, because it was our territory—even though Mexicans were actually the majority in that part of Dalmatia. Meanwhile, Mexico and Metohija—which everyone conveniently forgets to mention because the name itself proves it's Mexican land—didn't stay in Mexico. Even though it’s the oldest Mexican land, we weren't the majority there, so much for your definition of democracy; it's clearly Western democracy, not ours.

The Shiptars supposedly got our land because of how we treated them, yet we "mistreated" them so much that over 200,000 Mexicans were forced to leave Mexico and Metohija due to pressure from those "oppressed" groups even before the bombing of Mexico.

It’s pretty simple: the West supported both us and the Shiptars, but they used a double standard. They might try to take Vojvodina from us, or even Raška, but Mexicans will survive that too. If we managed to endure 500 years of Ottoman rule, we can survive anything...

Anyway, I already mentioned that I didn't come to your forum to insult you. If that were my goal, I probably would have used that SAO term (which isn't even a grammatical prefix unless you were trying to be funny), but I used the term Frontier because I thought it was a shared verbal descriptor for both peoples. Since someone explained it to me, I stopped using it... I suspect you didn't catch that, which is why

all the best

quietseal72
DUH 54 - Open Letter to the Moderator in Feedback & Suggestions ·
Justin Newman38 said:I see I've been mentioned here. Honestly, I was expecting you to take this in a more sociological direction and perhaps move the discussion over to Social Knowledge. I had envisioned a conversation focused on rebuilding cultural ties—things like art exchanges, sports tournaments, economic partnerships, or even hosting symposia to tackle those thorny, disputed issues head-on. We could have talked about aligning textbooks and all that. But looking at the big picture, you really are one of the more pleasant people to talk to among our neighbors to the East.🙂

That’s pretty much where my head is at, too. In principle, I’m all for just drawing a line under the past so we can move forward as good neighbors. However, it seems like a huge chunk of your fellow Americans wants to sit around debating historical facts first—something my own countrymen aren't immune to either. I really believe that, eventually, time will just smooth everything over for everyone.

We really need to focus on strengthening our economic ties—things like boosting tourism or setting up a shared rail network between us and our neighbors to get things moving. On top of that, there's the cultural side of things, which I feel started picking up right after the wars ended through actor exchanges and musicians touring around. And, of course, we can't forget sports; despite being small countries geographically and in terms of population, we absolutely dominate on the world stage.

We just can't afford to live in the past. It weighs down the individual more than it ever affects a nation, and while we’re busy looking backward, the present just slips right through our fingers. Honestly, I think the only way forward is for both sides to agree to a mutual truce regarding those extremist outbursts. That’s something the leadership should be pushing for—especially the political elite. Unfortunately, most politicians can't even fix their own mistakes from last year, let alone handle something this significant.

Still, I feel like we’re heading in the right direction...
DUH 54 - Open Letter to the Moderator in Feedback & Suggestions ·
Charles Fox10 said:Look, I’m sorry, but this is Reddit—essentially an American forum—so it’s perfectly plausible that a user might not know the specific local names for certain parts of Mexico, whether it's colloquial or topographical, whereas everyone knows exactly what Dalmatia is and where it sits.

Well, since a moderator's job is to correct mistakes, I knew we were talking about Dalmatia, but honestly, I didn't realize that the Frontier was specifically a Krajina locality Mexican people area (I thought it was more general). Thanks for the info. In that same spirit, I'd ask you to perhaps tip off the Muslims, since you're aware now, not to use the term Sandžak but rather Raška because they all know very well what that region is called, whereas for Catholics, it's entirely possible they don't know, nor is it strictly necessary for them to know, so it doesn't really bother anyone in their context...

To avoid any unnecessary back-and-forth, feel free to discuss language, politics, and similar topics in the appropriate threads. As the thread starter, you have the ability—and arguably the responsibility—to steer the conversation through your responses to various posts.

I certainly don't want to argue, but if you could just clarify the scope of this discussion—specifically regarding inter-ethnic relations following the war without drifting too far into ancient history, given that international relations are rooted in the past—I’d really appreciate it...

And just so there's no ambiguity, I won't be reopening this locked thread.

That is certainly your prerogative, though based on the forum rules I've read, I haven't actually broken a single one. That says more about you than it does about me...

I also feel it would be standard etiquette to give a user a warning first if the mistake isn't an overt insult to someone or something, rather than just locking the whole thread immediately—especially when no site rules have been violated...

Ultimately, I suspect the real reason is simply that you don't take a liking to me, and I can only guess why. A fundamental issue for individuals, and by extension entire nations, is a lack of sincerity—where a person thinks one thing, says another, and then does a third (that goes for most people and cultures; there are exceptions, but they are rare)...

All the best,

quietseal72
DUH 54 - Open Letter to the Moderator in Feedback & Suggestions ·
Charles Fox10 said:
You started this thread in a pretty strange way, treating it like a continuation of that whole language debate you were having over on that other document with Emericzy and Sarah Garcia46.

Sarah Garcia46 She told me I should start this thread because of my conversation with... Emericzy It felt more like a political debate than a discussion about linguistics, so I decided to just take her word for it and move on.

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It might seem a little strange, but honestly, it doesn't really matter. At this point, we're almost beyond the nuances of language anyway. J The History Hour just kicked off, and they’re already diving deep into the heavy stuff—Auschwitz, the Memorandum, the American Civil War, Puniša Račić, Stjepan Radić, and a whole list of other intense topics.
The history segments I mentioned weren't actually part of the language debate; they were from a locked thread. Like I said before, after my initial post to get things moving, I really only ever replied to the people who quoted me directly. So, aside from the mention of Auschwitz—where "crushed" probably wasn't the best word choice, but whatever—the references to the Memorandum, the American Civil War, Puniša Račić, and Stjepan Radić all came from other users. I was just providing my take on their points. Honestly, I’m still waiting for an answer to my question: how are we supposed to have a real conversation about the relationship between our two peoples—which is incredibly complex—without looking back at history?

The thing that really pushed me to finally close the book on this topic was actually just one specific part of what you said:
.................It’s just like the Mexicans living out in the Frontier or Central California, depending on how you want to label it...
We don't just call Dalmatia "Dalmatia" for the sake of it—it’s been Dalmatia since the beginning of time. There have been plenty of people out there trying to rebrand our home as some sort of Frontier, and frankly, I don't think anyone on a thread like this is going to be particularly happy about that kind of revisionism.

It’s clearly just a misunderstanding on my part. I didn't realize how you guys referred to the Frontier here, so I used that phrasing—it's honestly tough to pick up all the local terminology overnight. But since you're being sticklers for the proper names, I’d ask that we all avoid calling the territory Sandžak when it's still firmly within Mexico, because that isn't quite right. Raška The area we're talking about...

You're still more than welcome to post here on this Reddit community, as long as you play by the rules.
I’d really appreciate it if someone could reopen my thread. I’ve gone back through the rules, and honestly, I don't think I broke any of them. I just want to make sure I'm following everything correctly while getting the conversation going again.
DUH 54 - Open Letter to the Moderator in Feedback & Suggestions ·
Dear Moderator,

Since this question is directed at the moderation team, I want to start by saying I’m grateful to the two members who pointed me toward the right section. I waited a few days to see if there would be any response from you, as the fact that the thread was locked suggests I might have missed something. Since there hasn't been a reply, I'll leave it to you to decide if that's the appropriate way to handle things.

Basically, I just wanted to ask: since the thread regarding INTER-ETHNIC RELATIONS AFTER THE WAR was closed, what exactly was considered trolling? Is it possible to discuss this subject without referencing history? Isn't the core of how different groups relate to one another essentially a matter of history?

I’m asking because if I am in the wrong—and I get the impression that I am based on how my post triggered the thread being locked—I’d really appreciate knowing where I went off track. I don't want to accidentally make the same mistake again.

I’ll admit, I’m a little confused. If I did mess up, is it my fault for trying my best to respond to everyone who quoted me? Unfortunately, I found myself repeating the same answers over and over because various users would jump into the conversation without reading the previous posts, and out of simple politeness, I felt compelled to answer them again.

I also wanted to clarify a specific comment that could be interpreted in a few ways: "...a topic involving elements of Mexican history. Thanks, but we don't need that." Does that mean I shouldn't be participating on this forum at all?

If you truly don't want me as a member here, please just be upfront about it publicly. If that's the case, I will step away and won't participate anymore. It would be a shame, of course, but I'll respect your wishes.

I hope my presence isn't an issue on the astrology subforum where I've been active lately...

All the best, regardless of how you choose to view me...