Slovenian reactions to Peter Bossman's election

My translation of few representative comments from a Slovenian forum

Here are some translations of the comments from the homepage of the Slovenian national TV (RTVSlo.si) in reaction to Dr. Peter Bossman's election as the first black mayor in Slovenia as well as to his instant fame in the world media. The commentators on that website are usually pro right-wing, but in the case of Peter Bossman, the comments are mostly positive (I'd say over 90%). There are many congratulations, even a sort of a pride is felt by many based on the fact, that the new mayor attracts so many positive reactions from all over the world.

Let me share some of the representative comments, the positive and negative. On the right side is a small feature that shows, if people liked or disliked a comment (thumbs up and thumbs down), which also tells a lot about how some comments are perceived.

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kozi
25. oktober 2010 ob 10:09

Bossman ni črnec ali temnopolten, ampak Afro-slovenec...
Ne bodimo no tako zategnjeni :)))

+ 30 glasov

Bossman is not black or dark skinned, he's an Afro-Slovenian.

Let's not be so backwards :)))

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PICENG 25. oktober 2010 ob 10:07

Mi je všeč!

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I like him!

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commonsense
25. oktober 2010 ob 10:11

Zgleda, da bo en mož naredil več za "prepoznavnost" Slovenije kot cela državni aparat turizma in oglaševanja.

+ 28 glasov

Looks like one man will do more for the "visibility" of Slovenia than

the whole state tourist board and their advertising.

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kolibri123
25. oktober 2010 ob 10:28

Bosman je vljuden, prijazen in dober zdravnik. Ljudje mu zaupajo, ker ga poznajo iz prve roke, Barva kože je pa postranska stvar.

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Bossman is polite, friendly and a good doctor. People trust him,

because they know him first hand. The color of the skin is a secondary thing.

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kleman3 25. oktober 2010 ob 10:16

Čestitke!!! Pa le slovenci nismo taki rasisti kot sm mislu!

+ 15 glasov

Congratulations!!! Slovenians are really not as racist as I thought!

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Valuk_
25. oktober 2010 ob 10:16

Čestitke res.

Bo tole kar pretreslo verjetno marsikaterega ksenofobnega Slovenčka.

+ 12 glasov

Congratulations, really. This will probably shaken up quite few xenophobic Slovenians.

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Sheppard 25. oktober 2010 ob 10:13

Sam nevem al samo mene al se koga druzga spominja na onega iz leathal weapons, drugace pa da je zmagu svaka cast kdo bi si mislu hehe.

+ 10 glasov

I'm not sure, is it only me or does he really look like the one from leathal weapons*, on another note his victory deserves all the praise, who would have thought hehe.

(*He means Danny Glover)

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enoo
25. oktober 2010 ob 12:50

Upam, da bo Bossman tako dober župan kot je zdravnik!! Skratka želim mu dobro vodenje prelepega Pirana.

+ 5 glasov

I hope that Bossman will be as good as a mayor as he is as a doctor.

I wish him good management of the beautiful Piran.

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pAznik
25. oktober 2010 ob 10:35

Bravo čestitam

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Bravo, I congratulate

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NOB
25. oktober 2010 ob 10:19

Once you go black you can't go back. ;-)

+ 2 glasova

*Don't need to translate this one :-)

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Dr. Kumrovec
25. oktober 2010 ob 10:50

Majhen korak za človeštvo a velik skok za vzhodno Evropo. Od Pirana do Moskve imamo vsi vzhodno evropejci razlog za slavje.

Small step for humankind, but a big jump for Eastern Europe. From

Piran to Moscow all of us Eastern Europeans have reason to celebrate.

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kreten=kreten 25. oktober 2010 ob 10:34

kaj bi dal, da na naslednjih volitvah v teh tako imenovanih liberalnih občinah kandidira kak cigan/rom................ pa da potem vidimo, kolk so liberalni

- 1 glas

I would give anything to see that in the so called liberal

municipalities a gypsy/roma runs for office............

let us see then, how liberal they are

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michael25 25. oktober 2010 ob 11:54

Najbolj so pri nas nestrpni levičarji, ki nikoli ne bi izvoli nekoga, ki je Slovenec in katolik... ne samo, da takšnega človeka levičarji ne bi nikoli volili, pa če je še tako dober, oni bi Slovencem katolikom tudi najraje odvzeli vse državljanske pravice in jih izgnali iz države...

- 8 glasov

The most intolerant people in our country are the leftists, who would never elect someone, who is a Slovenian and a catholic... not only, that the leftists would not elect such person, even if he's really good, they would also like to expel the Slovenian catholics out of the country...

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elzial4x 25. oktober 2010 ob 10:29

Bossman je popolnoma nekompetenten za biti župan. Žalostno je videti, kako je s slovenčki lahko manipulirati, dva-tri članke v časopise in potem volijo (ne vejo kaj, kar nekaj) nekoga samo zato, da bodo del "nečesa velikega". Kake prazne glave.

- 12 glasov

Bossman is completely incompetent to be a mayor. It's sad to see, how easy it is to manipulate with slovenians, two-three articles in the newspapers and then they vote for (they have no clue why) someone only to be part of "something big". Empty heads.

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spf xxii 25. oktober 2010 ob 10:47

Ja men je to sramota in izguba lastne identitete.

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For me this is a shame and a loss of our own identity.

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What was your reaction to Dr. Peter Bossman's victory?

[Photo by Luka Cjuha, Dnevnik]