Is the latter dangerous because it is dissent? It sounds like we are now defining a framework for what dissent is acceptable and it seems to align to a dominant political ideology. Sort of defeats the point of dissent.
It's dangerous because it evokes a specific fear that's likely to inspire action. You could swap migrants and Irish in an area with a sufficient Irish population and it would still be true.
> the migrants suck
Is pretty harmless, while
> Keep the horny Irish teenagers away from our daughters
might well lead to someone assaulting people they perceived to be Irish teenagers who were getting too friendly with their daughters.
> the migrants suck
Is pretty harmless, while
> Keep the horny Irish teenagers away from our daughters
might well lead to someone assaulting people they perceived to be Irish teenagers who were getting too friendly with their daughters.