RE: 'Troll War-Fair & Peace' in the Borderline Gypsy's Headline
If I may add my 2 cents worth ('cos I'm good like that).
To start off with, I have had no interaction with Roma gypsies, as far as I know.
Seeing the perspectives, I can relate to travelers culture.
Rather than it being framed as roma gypsy, if it was framed as traveller communities and cultures, withing static communities_, it could be more accurate.
From my own experiences of English and Irish traveler communities, it has to be said, they live by different rules (which I do understand, but doesn't make for a cohesive , peaceful society).
I (and my family), that I know of , have maybe a dozen interactions with them.
They included setting guard dogs on them with attempted theft, leveling a shotgun to dissuade further aggression and trespass.
Fraud by deception, and outright theft...
So while I can't comment on Romany communities, I can compare traveler communities and cultures , and if my own experiences are anything to go by, it's not a positive one....
that's my 2 cents worth..
I agree that the Traveller Communities and Gypsies and Roma are different cultures, and although the article talks about Turkish/Greek Roma/Gypsies, the wider issues of how they are perceived seems to be universally negative. Very little is known about them, but they are vilified constantly as easy targets and scapegoats. It is easy to point to 'Gypsy misdemeanors' and claim that this is an indication of 'rot', but the patterns of scapegoating minorities is similar to every other such example.... 'Us' vs 'Them''; the outsider who refuses steadfastly to fit in and compromise own identity is vilified by the society he/she rejects, and, as quoted above:
Thanks for commenting and sharing your POV.