Lord of Elves
Suede-Denim Secret Police
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I'd say, the only one of Elfie's points that does make sense is that eurocentricism, whatever it is, gained global exposure due to colonialism. The idea that this attitude gained a larger sphere of influence than it might have had without colonialism is perfectly legitimate.
Unfortunately, that's not the aspect of his argument that half the forum is tearing into, it's the weird explanation of what migration from the Caucasus mountains has to do with thinking that one's culture is superior.
Another key error that Elves makes is his assumption that colonialism created Eurocentricism, which he does say on several occasions, though this conflicts with his initial Caucasus thing. I personally think he got a little confused and is now feverishly backtracking to protect some kind of argument, but that's just me.
Regardless of what anyone thinks, this is becoming spam, and moving into the point that, quite frankly, I am the only involved party that is not hurling insults. I have sent my response via PM, and will ask one of the mods to post in the thread to put this matter to its grave.
In the PM I sent, I explained what I meant with the Caucasus. If you're interested, I can send you a PM explaining that as well. I'm not going to post in the thread about it any longer in any context other than as to end a completely off-topic and volatile discussion.