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I don't like the tactic of claiming that someone who opposes your ideas has some sort of phobia.
by rufus_foreman 3y ago
I don't like the tactic of claiming that someone who opposes your ideas has some sort of phobia.
- 082349872349872 3y agoWhat would you call people who are afraid of others, if not xenophobes?
- selfmodruntime 3y agoCorrectly cautious, if their lifestyle of freedom and democracy is directly threatened.
- 082349872349872 3y agoFair enough; I just (perhaps because I live in a country that has had several waves of immigration over the last half century, all of whom largely assimilate within half a generation?) don't believe the antecedent, so my consequent would be "incorrectly cautious". Feel free to call me a xenophile if you wish.