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This many be true. But, if so, it must not be considered an important issue by more than 50% of the people because it isn't factoring into their votes.
Its like how most people are afraid of climate change but cant be arsed to do something about it.
Currently nothing matters as long as a politician shouts "scary immigrants" and people mass vote for the fucker.
It doesn't help that immigrants are scary. Instead of addressing it on the emotional level and calming down the fears, politicians choose to gaslight those who are afraid (rationally or not).
I get what you are trying to say, but you are doing a piss poor job of it lol. You’re making it very easy to interpret your comment as a bigoted “immigrants are bad” take.
I think (or at least hope) what youre trying to say is "immigration" or "the thought of having many foreign people in your country" is scary, not the immigrants themselves.
Both really. The thought of strange unknown people is scary until you get to know them. But also people going through immense suffering and trauma, fighting for bare survival, can be dangerous and unpredictable.
What?
Brown people = Scary
Don't start thinking of them as human being; they are scary, and they will eat your dog!
Flamingo is making a point that immigrants are objectively scary. From my history lessons, no immigrant is scarier than Europeans. Just ask all of the remaining native Americans. But I'd still posit that being an immigrant in and of itself doesn't make anyone intrinsically scary.