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Reactionaries and inconsistency are a match made in heaven (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 months ago by STRIKINGdebate2@lemmy.world to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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[–] syd@lemy.lol 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (9 children)

I’m from a country that people wants to immigrate away. Even I do sometimes.

But at the same time I am disturbed by some actions of the minority of the immigrants who come to my country. I am leaning to be an anti-immigrant and because of that I feel hypocritical and xenophobic.

Sometimes I think it is cruel to be against immigrants because people do not choose their place of birth and their family, just like me.

I'm just not sure what is right, and this loop bothers me.

[–] spookex@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (5 children)

For me everything is based on how they get there and how they conduct themselves.

I have been an immigrant to several countries and I still am, but

I had all of the proper paperwork,

I didn't sneak across any borders illegally,

I didn't overstay my visas,

I didn't pay some guy on a boat to bring me there,

I didn't commit any crimes that are worse than jaywalking,

I didn't get clumped together with other people from my country and try to impose my values on the citizens of the country I was in,

I didn't do any under the table work,

I paid all of my taxes.

These are the thing that I expect from others as well.

[–] friedgreenpineapples@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That's a lot of words for "I can't (won't?) see past my own privilege and have no compassion for people who don't have the same options I do."

[–] spookex@lemmy.world -1 points 9 months ago

Then too bad, I don't have an option to fly into space, yet you won't see me trying to glue myself to the next rocket that SpaceX launches.

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