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Having joined in that discussion where it became clear that you didn't even know the meaning of the word immigrant, you didn't listen to what we said and now yo

Having joined in that discussion where it became clear that you didn't even know the meaning of the word immigrant, you didn't listen to what we said and now you're projecting your own prejudices on other people. And falling back on calling everyone a racist again. Which is precisely what this article says doesn't work.

1_2__3 10y ago
Yeah, his whole argument can be boiled down to, "No but seriously they're racist you should ignore them."
- mattmanser 10y ago
  people pretty much admit that it's not about immigration status ... but ethnicity That's a nice way of saying "everyone admitted they're racists". No-one in that thread did. The most ridiculous thing about all this is that I actually come from a white immigrant community (dutch around a port town), but my generation acculturised with the UK. It really sticks in your craw when I'm generally a left-leaning liberalist but some tit like pjc50 starts accusing you of being a racist because I've been in supermarkets obviously filled with white immigrants as they're all speaking polish. It really has helped me realise how devoid of empathy people who start accusing everyone of racism for merely discussing immigration are. It's incredibly upsetting to be called a racist merely for asking why mass migration to the UK has been allowed. It's a perfectly reasonable question. Also he really doesn't understand the meaning of the word immigrant, see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13471112 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13471112
  - michael_h 10y ago
    Just to clarify: a white person in a supermarket speaking Polish is necessarily an immigrant?
pjc50 10y ago
The point of that discussion was that everyone had plenty of opportunity to say what exactly the problem was with immigrants, other than that they have a different ethnicity and language. They didn't.

1_2__3 10y ago

Yeah, his whole argument can be boiled down to, "No but seriously they're racist you should ignore them."

mattmanser 10y ago
people pretty much admit that it's not about immigration status ... but ethnicity That's a nice way of saying "everyone admitted they're racists". No-one in that thread did. The most ridiculous thing about all this is that I actually come from a white immigrant community (dutch around a port town), but my generation acculturised with the UK. It really sticks in your craw when I'm generally a left-leaning liberalist but some tit like pjc50 starts accusing you of being a racist because I've been in supermarkets obviously filled with white immigrants as they're all speaking polish. It really has helped me realise how devoid of empathy people who start accusing everyone of racism for merely discussing immigration are. It's incredibly upsetting to be called a racist merely for asking why mass migration to the UK has been allowed. It's a perfectly reasonable question. Also he really doesn't understand the meaning of the word immigrant, see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13471112 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13471112
- michael_h 10y ago
  Just to clarify: a white person in a supermarket speaking Polish is necessarily an immigrant?

pjc50 10y ago

The point of that discussion was that everyone had plenty of opportunity to say what exactly the problem was with immigrants, other than that they have a different ethnicity and language. They didn't.