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Among all the countries in Europe, I expected Ireland to be the last to harbour anti-Muslim, anti-refugee sentiment with all their very vocal support for Palest
by myth_drannon 3y ago
Among all the countries in Europe, I expected Ireland to be the last to harbour anti-Muslim, anti-refugee sentiment with all their very vocal support for Palestine.
- switch007 3y agoDon't assume their vocal support for Palestine is actual support for Palestine. The Irish are very, very good at PR (and being highly defensive when being criticised). It's the only place I've lived or visited that I've experienced real xenophobia, and homophobic attacks (yet they bang on about legalising gay marriage and opinion polls on the support of it - this is my point exactly). Also with their housing crisis, the tides have turned, and they're not so pro-immigration/pro-refugee now.
- circlefavshape 3y agoI expect there is no country in the world with no anti-immigrant sentiment. The Palestine thing IMO is mostly Irish people identifying with a weak country being bullied by a strong neighbour, which is unsurprising given Ireland's history
- Rapzid 3y agoEverybody loves an underdog.
- arp242 3y agoThere's five million people in the country. And even though you can say some general things, not all five million always agree. Plus you can be in favour of self-determination while at the same time being anti-immigration, or discriminating.