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Obviously because they had no Scotsmen. Proving that people who build walls to keep immigrants out do not fare well.
by dboreham 2y ago
Obviously because they had no Scotsmen.
Proving that people who build walls to keep immigrants out do not fare well.
- robertlagrant 2y agoThis is the No True People Who Build Walls To Keep Immigrants Out fallacy.
- GeoAtreides 2y agoOf all the ancient people to accuse of keeping out immigrants...
- egberts1 2y agoAnd probably "no true Scotsman" either back then (until 1878). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_true_Scotsman
- chiph 2y agoI would have said Quakers. Because of persecution after the English civil war (Quaker Act of 1662, mostly), they couldn't hold public office. So they went into commerce & industry. "Charles II, 1662: An Act for preventing the Mischeifs and Dangers that may arise by certaine Persons called Quakers and others refusing to take lawfull Oaths." https://www.british-history.ac.uk/statutes-realm/vol5/pp350-351 https://www.british-history.ac.uk/statutes-realm/vol5/pp350-...