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I think that, for me, the red flags are within the reasoning "those people, because they are from those countries, are all a bunch of savages". It is quite cle
by cauch 3y ago
I think that, for me, the red flags are within the reasoning "those people, because they are from those countries, are all a bunch of savages".
It is quite clear that in democratic countries, there is a lot of people who would happily harm the jewish community if they were in position to make that happens, or who would happily throw gays off the roofs if they were in position to make that happens, or who would happily oppress women if they were in position to make that happens.
This idea that immigration is obviously bringing "problematic barbarian people" is the problem: it implies that the commenter truly believes those people to be intrinsically inferior or intrinsically their enemy. This is especially stupid when such commenters end up explaining their political ideals in which there is as much barbaric treatment for people they don't like.
This apparent contradiction disappears when you really understand the logic: the person is not against racism, the person is against racism toward them, but has nothing against racism when it's against people they don't like. The question is not about moral or justice, it is about the fight of two identical mentality, each one group hating the other group, saying "I will do fundamentally the same things as them, but I'm better than them because my group is better and their group sucks".