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by logicchains 917 days ago
Who said anything about vaccines? Some European countries have been penalising people for entirely organic anti-immigration sentiments.
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I have never heard of people being "penalized". If you violate the law, for example by discriminating someone, you can get a penalty indeed.

You can have all your "anti-immigration sentiments", but you are not going to be penalized. You can be completely opposed against immigration, and if you have some good arguments, you can calmly post them anywhere. I fear that "sentiment" is doing a lot of work here.

Besides: what looks like organic in extremist circles is often not. You start with a business model and you will gather a herd. You just have to feed them.

European countries are under attack by the Russian regime, if you missed it. Immigration was and is used as a weapon to destabilize European countries. Russia was/is financing immigration hostile parties and organizations in Europe.

An example:

https://www.dw.com/en/poland-says-belarus-russia-behind-new-...

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2023/09/22/le-pen-s...

Because of the Russian war against the Ukraine, Europe currently hosts millions (> 4 million) of additional refugees.