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RE: Do you support Immigration? Why is racism wrong?
November 23, 2015 at 10:59 am
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(November 23, 2015 at 7:42 am)Dystopia Wrote: I think well thought immigration with legal restrictions and requirements is perfectly fine. I also think countries should seek to attract specific kinds of people depending on their needs - I.E. If you already have high unemployment rates on low paid jobs, it's irrational to bring many low-skilled immigrants in, it's bad for both immigrants and national citizens because both will lose. I also think it's ok to be humanist towards people as long as that doesn't lead you to compromise the well being of people already living in the country.
Thing is here in the UK at least, many of the immigrants that come here to work actually work a lot harder and for less money. Whereas there are a lot of lazy racist British people native to this country who do the absolute minimum whilst telling immigrants to "go back to where they came from", and that's the Britons who actually have jobs and aren't perpetually on job-seeker-allowance.
Many of the immigrants who come here have to work hard because no one is going to give them special treatment just for being native to this country. Instead they have to do a good job because otherwise people - wrongly - discriminate against them for not being British.
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RE: Do you support Immigration? Why is racism wrong?
November 23, 2015 at 11:01 am
(November 23, 2015 at 10:52 am)Chad32 Wrote: I'm all for legal immigration. Not so much illegal immigration.
Racism is wrong because it dehumanizes people. Some police shoot a twelve year old black kid dead because he was holding a toy gun, and people were defending the police. What sane reason is there to justify what the police did, besides racism?
We should not put people into a lesser category of humanity.
Yes on everything except the last sentence. People need racism for their survival, it's an evolutionary instinct
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RE: Do you support Immigration? Why is racism wrong?
November 23, 2015 at 11:05 am
No they don't. I understand people don't generally view strangers as equal to their loved ones, but that's a bit different than saying someone is unworthy just because they're not in the same ethnic group. If the cops did a drive by shooting of a little white girl instead of a black boy, they'd be in jail. This is hypocrisy, and that's not a virtue.
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RE: Do you support Immigration? Why is racism wrong?
November 23, 2015 at 11:51 am
This is some extremely weak trolling.
We've had worse, but not by much.
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RE: Do you support Immigration? Why is racism wrong?
November 23, 2015 at 12:12 pm
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(November 23, 2015 at 5:14 am)Shaddam IV Wrote: (November 23, 2015 at 5:08 am)Evie Wrote: Yes I support immigration. Racism is wrong because it's bigoted. Bigotry is wrong because it causes needless suffering. If you don't know why needless suffering is wrong then you don't have empathy. If you don't have empathy then let's not be friends.
But Racism is natural :
(devil's advocate play here) What's so wrong about not having empathy?
Dying is natural too. There is nothing wrong with your being worm food. Now go kill yourself.
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RE: Do you support Immigration? Why is racism wrong?
November 23, 2015 at 12:31 pm
Racism is not evolutionary. It is solely a social construct with vast historical and geographical factors not worth delving into for this particular discussion. Racism is still such a prevalent issue because SJWs and neo-progressives make it so. Are there still race-related problems and discrimination? Sure. It would be dishonest to claim otherwise. However, the so-called institutionalized racism and oppression that pampered, middle-class college kids protest over has little to no basis in reality.
I support immigration through legal channels. It shouldn't be an easy process, and it shouldn't be open to just anyone. If I want to emigrate to another country (any one to which you'd actually want to emigrate), generally, I need to have special skills to contribute to that country to obtain a visa. Sounds fair.
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RE: Do you support Immigration? Why is racism wrong?
November 23, 2015 at 3:24 pm
(November 23, 2015 at 9:13 am)Shaddam IV Wrote: Not Atheists. LIBERAL left-wing commie lover "progressive", materialistic, individualistic, narcisstic, " muh intelligence", fedora wearing, cringeworthy sort of Atheists.
I'm a registered Libertarian, golf-cap-wearing atheist, asshole.
Troll moar.
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RE: Do you support Immigration? Why is racism wrong?
November 23, 2015 at 3:28 pm
(November 23, 2015 at 3:24 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: (November 23, 2015 at 9:13 am)Shaddam IV Wrote: Not Atheists. LIBERAL left-wing commie lover "progressive", materialistic, individualistic, narcisstic, " muh intelligence", fedora wearing, cringeworthy sort of Atheists.
I'm a registered Libertarian, golf-cap-wearing atheist, asshole.
Troll moar.
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