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by Zak 3282 days ago
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.