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Hijacking deprives someone else of their rights. Living differently than your neighbor doesn’t change anything for your neighbor. Nothing is “hijacked”.

by sneak 2y ago

yhg56fgniyfv 2y ago
If all your neighbors no longer spoke English, you don't think that would affect you? Obviously that's an extreme example, but other cultural differences will affect you as well.
- BobaFloutist 2y ago
  If they all spoke a common language, I'd try to learn a bit of it. How exciting!
  - AlexandrB 2y ago
    It's also exciting to experience ethnic clashes between rival groups of immigrants[1]. [1] https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/11/03/violence-at-hindu-temple-in-brampton/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/11/03/violence-at-hindu-tem...
  - remarkEon 2y ago
    "Wow all these Goths have moved into my town, but they don't speak Latin, they speak Gothic. How exiting!" - Anonymous Roman Citizen, 412 AD
  - dietr1ch 2y ago
    It can be a really cool thing too if both cultures open each other to exchange languages and celebrations, but it requires a lot of effort from everyone.
- sneak 2y ago
  No, I don’t. This is already the case in many neighborhoods in the USA and the sky isn’t falling in those places. Also, I live in Germany half of the year, and there most of my neighbors don’t speak any English, and my neighborhood is fine. I don’t see the problem you are describing with your example. If that’s your “extreme” example, I am curious what your day-to-day ones would be. Perhaps it’s uncharitable but I am having a hard time seeing how this doesn’t alias to simple racism.
  - yhg56fgniyfv 2y ago
    I didn't claim the "sky would fall". I just claimed it would affect you. I think most would agree that it is easier to form connections with those who are more similar to oneself. Call it racism or tribalism if you want, but that's reality.
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dietr1ch 2y ago
I think it hijacks the local culture, there's probably a better word, but I'm no native.
swat535 2y ago
It's mind boggling you are denying the fact that having many people from the same group clustered in a "multicultural" environment has no impact on society has a whole. Of course it does, this is why we have laws protecting minorities, it's irrelevant how the majority is established (either per-existing or minority suddenly growing), the impact may be positive but it's naive to assume it will always be so.

Hijacking deprives someone else of their rights. Living differently than your neighbor doesn’t change anything for your neighbor. Nothing is “hijacked”.

by sneak 2y ago

Hijacking deprives someone else of their rights. Living differently than your neighbor doesn’t change anything for your neighbor. Nothing is “hijacked”.

yhg56fgniyfv 2y ago

If all your neighbors no longer spoke English, you don't think that would affect you? Obviously that's an extreme example, but other cultural differences will affect you as well.

BobaFloutist 2y ago
If they all spoke a common language, I'd try to learn a bit of it. How exciting!
- AlexandrB 2y ago
  It's also exciting to experience ethnic clashes between rival groups of immigrants[1]. [1] https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/11/03/violence-at-hindu-temple-in-brampton/ https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/11/03/violence-at-hindu-tem...
- remarkEon 2y ago
  "Wow all these Goths have moved into my town, but they don't speak Latin, they speak Gothic. How exiting!" - Anonymous Roman Citizen, 412 AD
- dietr1ch 2y ago
  It can be a really cool thing too if both cultures open each other to exchange languages and celebrations, but it requires a lot of effort from everyone.
sneak 2y ago
No, I don’t. This is already the case in many neighborhoods in the USA and the sky isn’t falling in those places. Also, I live in Germany half of the year, and there most of my neighbors don’t speak any English, and my neighborhood is fine. I don’t see the problem you are describing with your example. If that’s your “extreme” example, I am curious what your day-to-day ones would be. Perhaps it’s uncharitable but I am having a hard time seeing how this doesn’t alias to simple racism.
- yhg56fgniyfv 2y ago
  I didn't claim the "sky would fall". I just claimed it would affect you. I think most would agree that it is easier to form connections with those who are more similar to oneself. Call it racism or tribalism if you want, but that's reality.

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dietr1ch 2y ago

I think it hijacks the local culture, there's probably a better word, but I'm no native.

swat535 2y ago

It's mind boggling you are denying the fact that having many people from the same group clustered in a "multicultural" environment has no impact on society has a whole. Of course it does, this is why we have laws protecting minorities, it's irrelevant how the majority is established (either per-existing or minority suddenly growing), the impact may be positive but it's naive to assume it will always be so.