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by Exofunctor 3395 days ago
IOM and UNHCR estimated 1 million refugees back in December 2015. More since then.

> This is aggressive against millions of people.

Not sure how. You can describe it however you like, but that won't change the fact that it's true.

> This is hate speech.

Criticizing European politicians is hate speech? Interesting.

(Side note: this is why people don't like "hate speech" laws. A surprising number of people think "hate speech" means essentially anything they disagree with.)
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lispm 3395 days ago
> IOM and UNHCR estimated 1 million refugees back in December 2015. More since then.

True, but they have not been 'imported' by politicians. These people fled from the war in Syria. Germany has a right for these people to ask for asylum in its constitution. Unlimited.

> Criticizing European politicians is hate speech

Claiming that European politicians give a shit (his words) about their citizens is not 'criticizing' anything. It's just hate speech against politicians.

I don't agree with Merkel in many things, but I'm pretty sure that she cares a lot about Germans. Practically every German politician does.

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Exofunctor 3395 days ago
> Claiming that European politicians give a shit (his words) about their citizens is not 'criticizing' anything. It's just hate speech against politicians

This is probably the strongest invocation of Poe's law I've seen in the last few years.

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lispm 3395 days ago
It was you who said that.

I'm European and German. I feel well supported by politicians like Merkel and Schulz. Both are among the most popular politicians in Germany and there is a reason Merkel is chancellor: people have voted for her politics. After the next election either Merkel or Schulz will be chancellor.

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ascorbic 3395 days ago
"European politicians don't seem to give much of a shit about Europeans" sounds a lot like "who will stand up for white people"
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Exofunctor 3395 days ago
The whole "if you support Europe in any respect, you must be a white supremacist" meme is one of the most inane things I've heard in a long time. Europe isn't all white, and hundreds of millions of white people aren't in Europe. You've made a lazy attack that doesn't actually address what I said.
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