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The user is clearly trolling, firstly his name is Christian, he says a Santa hat is a "religious symbol" (???) and display of such religious symbols is almost
by mantap 7y ago
The user is clearly trolling, firstly his name is Christian, he says a Santa hat is a "religious symbol" (???) and display of such religious symbols is almost as offensive as a [nazi] swastika, an offensive statement in itself!
- gmueckl 7y agoChristian is just a common first name. Having a name that is mistaken to mean something in a different language alone does not constitute trolling. It's just random. As for the rest, the net result is very much trolling even if it wasn't the original intent.
- Thorrez 7y agoIt's not "mistaken to mean something in a different language". The name literally originated as religious reference. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_(given_name) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_(given_name)
- matzab 7y agoYou're just mistaking the word's origin for its meaning. That's just not how any of this works.
- ominous 7y agoSeems to me the same as was done by Christian: mistaking the Santa hat of 2019 with whatever happened before.
- Thorrez 7y agoIn both languages (English and German) the name has the same origin I believe, and the same current meaning of a name that doesn't imply the person is of the Christian religion. I think it's wrong to say that there's a language confusion of being too religious, since the name has the same religiosity in both languages.
- mantap 7y agoIt doesn't constitute trolling by itself, but it does imply he's not Muslim or Jewish, which narrows down possible reasons why he might be offended by santa hats. Not to suggest that most Muslims or Jews are offended by Santa hats.
- bassman9000 7y agodon't underestimate the capacity of some people to be offended on behalf of others