You are correct, it doesnt excuse it. In this day of streaming media and the internet, people could choose to educate themselves. I sent one Croat friend the documentary The 13th that Netflix offers free on YouTube

I mean at least when I was there in 2006 they were still using the horrible term “mongoloid” for people with Downs Syndrome, thats how behind in the times they are not to mention LGBT+ issues

Croatia is deeply Catholic, and Serbia deeply Serbian Orthodox