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by Zirro 4130 days ago
As far as I can tell we have not gone "crazy with islamic blasphemy laws" nor do I find the generous immigration politics to be insane, but rather humane given the way the world currently looks. Statements similar to those made by seivan are frequently made by those who are openly racist.

As for the last point, it looked to me as though the implied reasoning was "Person with roots in the middle east = Jihadist", as this is also a frequent way to reason among real racists. If this was not the intention, which seems unlikely given the next post, I apologize for drawing a rushed conclusion. I have not seen anything indicating that we have elected any jihadists in our government, only people with roots outside Scandinavia. I follow several different media daily. I do not live in a bubble.
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ChainsawSurgery 4130 days ago
I suppose I'm more curious about the 'racist' part of it. 'Xenophobic', perhaps, but 'racism' doesn't really seem to be at the root of their statement.

I also worry that sometimes the 'r' word gets thrown around too much and starts to lose meaning after awhile (and 'racist' starts to become an all-encompassing term that doesn't actually mean anything), which is why I'm asking.

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Zirro 4130 days ago
Given that they seem to have a strong dislike towards a particular group based on a post from yesterday that was flagkilled, racism did seem more appropriate. Though in this case it may be about religion, rather than race.

I do not wish to quote that post, but you can find it in their history after enabling the "showdead" option on your profile.

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guard-of-terra 4130 days ago
"the way the world currently looks"

I would say we should be fixing broken countries, not helping some 1-2% of those countries to immigrate. It doesn't solve any problems for the rest 98% in those countries; and can take receiving countries on the verge of breakdown too if they fail to integrate those immigrants.

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Zirro 4129 days ago
Sweden is attempting to do both, being one of the largest givers of humanitarian aid per capita.

http://www.ibtimes.com/which-governments-are-most-generous-c... http://www.thelocal.se/20141130/sweden-fifth-largest-ebola-a...

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