[zpeti]

Maybe you should ask the Native American tribes who died of smallpox what “scientific” basis there is for being afraid of foreigners?

I know you are going to say that’s not the case in the modern world, but you need to at least understand there are very concrete reasons why xenophobia evolved, and why it’s a natural reaction. Some might not be relevant in the modern world, but I’d argue there’s a lot of complexity that we might not understand.

For example, there are some extremely intolerant immigrants to Europe right now, 100% of whom in London polled as wanting homosexuality criminalised.

Should everyone be 100% accepting of this because they are foreigners? Is xenophobia justified in this case in your opinion?

[isykt]

Xenophobia is a fear or distrust of foreigners. You can accept, and work to integrate, foreigners into your society while rejecting bad ideas. That’s the basis of modern multicultural democracies.

[coldtea]

Xenophobia is a content-less word, made to be sounding like a medical condition, to justify bossing people around based on what they want or do not want in their country.

It is, of course, a white invention, as we feel morally superior enough to do all the bossing around. Let's call it the "white man's burden" to show those people how it should be done.

[isykt]

Can you think of any examples in history where people exerting “what they want or do not want in their country” had a negative result?