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Protesting Cyrillic, “Collectivising Guilt” in Croatia

Categories: Eastern & Central Europe, Croatia, Serbia, Ethnicity & Race, Governance, History, International Relations, Language, Law, Politics, Protest, War & Conflict

Balkan Anarchist weighs in [1] on the protests [2] against the use of the Cyrillic script in Vukovar [3]‘s public spaces:

[…] I believe that we, decent and honest Serbs, should be ashamed of what was done in the name of Serbdom during the '90s and condemn it all unequivocally! And I also agree that it's wrong that most Serb war crimes suspects have yet to be apprehended; it should not stay like that any longer. However, it's one thing to seek justice for serious offences that were committed in wartime, and a completely different thing to deny every sign of another culture and language in peace time, just because some dispicable members of that community did something horrible to you or a loved one. […]