RE: Can someone help me? I'm trying to open my mind to new ideas about Refugees
November 28, 2015 at 10:56 pm
(November 28, 2015 at 4:53 pm)DespondentFishdeathMasochismo Wrote: I am currently undecided about the refugee issue. On one hand I believe it's good to help people and have empathy for others. On the other hand I think that it's not our war, they're the ones at war here and we're making sacrifices to help them. Never the less, we're helping a bunch of Muslims. I'm putting myself in a vulnerable position here, but to be frank, I don't like Islam. I think it's a primitive, at times abhorrent culture. I want them to be in the middle east, out of civilized society.
Like I said though, I am trying to open myself up to new ideas. I am willing to accept that taking refugees is a good idea. In fact, the reason I am asking you right now is because I see that a lot of people who share my same views believe in taking refugees. Atheists, liberals, my choice of candidate, Bernie Sanders. I see the way that the right wing, the side which I strongly oppose so many ways believes in the xenophobic, bigoted sounding things that I believe in.
So, on ethos, I'm leaning towards pro refugee, pro islamic tolerance. I see an absence of evidence to believe that I should hold these views. On the pathos side, I feel a strong opposition to it. So I'm very conflicted on this issue and I'm opening myself up to new ideas. Thank you.
There's no winning answer to the situation. There's European countries like Sweden that are now the rape capital of Europe purely because of misogynistic primitive cultures coming in from immigrants. The countries most Muslims come from don't have a culture of good education, literacy and equality and so on.
On the other hand if these people aren't let into the country you have to face up to the fact there's going to be dead babies and floating in the oceans who drowned because their parents tried to get into a country and so on.
There's nothing wrong with your train of thought, what you're thinking is totally accurate. It's totally logical to be as confused as you are with the situation.
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