Slovakia and Transylvania were Hungarian colonies. Hungarians (and Poles) almost wiped out Slovakians from the face of the Earth, if it wasn't for WWI and the dissolution of the Empire then another 100 years or maybe only 60, and Slovaks would be a smaller minority than the Sorbs. Please don't come to AH.com with this nationalistic "my people didn't do any of this European genocide stuff". I see this from so many nations out there, EVERY nationality or ethnic group is guilty of something in the last 500 years. Fact. And don't forget your nation was complicit and willingly joined as a member of the Axis in WWII.
Slovakia and Transylvania were colonies? And pray were do you get that bullsh*t from? Any sources? And how come the poles about - because im not aware of any instance of history where Poland ruled any significant part of todays Slovakia (they have rented seven small towns in Szepes I think that lasted for centuries however it ended before nationalism was born and I wouldnt call the territory significant). And im not aware of any genocidal plans from either against the slovakians.
Also Slovakia as an administrative unit didnt exist so it would be hard to descirbe it as a colony. Whats more all of the territories mentioned by you had representatives in the hungarian pairlaiment in the same basis as all the rest of the country and were seen as integral part of the kingdom - for about a millenia, long before modern colonization was born.
I wont deny for a moment that the hungarian leadership mistreated the slovaks and other national minorities. They also had done a lot of things we could judge them for. However colonizing was not one of them and this thread is about just that.
Like it or not colonization is really not a matter of which all of Europe is guilty of. To list just a few: finns, poles, ukrainians, serbs, slovaks, slovens, romanians, czech etc. Everyone has their own skeletons in their closets and thank you but they are enough for us without taking guilt for those we have nothing to do with.
And im a nationalist in the sense that I love Hungary and am proud to be a hungarian - even if it had and still has a lot of faults and am perfectly disgusted with our current leadership. However when arguing in AH I put that aside and try to argue on the basis of facts and written sources and keep as open a mind as im capable of. And I wont be ashamed of not feeling guilty for something my country didnt do.