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>>I understand that you feel an African woman should be prevented from economically competing with white men In my opinion, you're intentionally misconstruing
by benjohnson 10y ago
>>I understand that you feel an African woman should be prevented from economically competing with white men
In my opinion, you're intentionally misconstruing the previous poster in an attempt to discount their concerns as racist or sexist.
The issue wasn't the race of the individuals, but the fact that a American was being displaced by someone who came outside of America.
In my opinion, we can debate about levels of immigration with understanding.
- areyousure 10y agoOne of yummyfajitas's shticks is arguing that nationalism is essentially the same thing as racism. Many people don't respond favorably to this argument because (if correct,) it defeats the "I'm not racist, I'm just nationalist" retort.
- yummyfajitas 10y agoWhy is "born to American parents" a more meaningful moral category than "born to white parents"? I don't think the poster is racist. I think he holds a moral position which is equally indefensible.
- flukus 10y agoBecause Americans want to maintain their standard of living and can't do that if they are competing with a billion Africans who would be happy with half that standard.
- yummyfajitas 10y agoWhite Americans wanted to maintain their status/standard of living too, and economic competition with negros made that difficult. Can you make any moral arguments for nationalism that don't support racism equally well?
- flukus 10y agoWhy do there have to be moral arguments? We want a particular outcome and can make it happen. If people in other countries want the same outcome then they can make it happen there.
- yummyfajitas 10y agoI agree with you in that sense - we have the strength to segregate, to impose nationalism or to pillage the world. Does this mean we should?