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anigbrowl 4 days ago

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lisbbb 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

It's not xenophobia when there are real life issues caused by too much immigration. My kids' school district went from a top performer to now middle of the pack due to so much ESL demand that it basically overrode the budget, leading to cuts in all other programs, the loss of "honors" type classes in the curriculum, a major loss to art and music, and more levies, higher property taxes, more crime in the community, more traffic accidents, just more of every lousy thing. So it's not that I hate immigrants, I don't, but I see with my own two eyes the cost and it was foisted up on us. So call it whatever you like, but it's gone too far.

happytoexplain 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

> if you're worried...

> you likely feel...

Thank you for the advice, but I don't worry about that, and I do not have that feeling at all. I don't experience any conflation with xenophobes in my real life. I find them repugnant, and vote against them and speak against them, except where we incidentally align. I am 90% liberal leaning (US liberal).

The fact of experiencing negative things that happen to be related to immigration (or employment/contracting) policy does not make you a xenophobe, generally speaking. Cultures can sometimes clash and economics have concrete effects on the American Dream - it's an unfortunate reality, but it is reality.

anigbrowl 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

Then why were you complaining about people being sorted into groups and distinguishing yourself from the alt-right?

I find them repugnant, and vote against them and speak against them, except where we incidentally align.

O_O

lyu07282 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

> Cultures can sometimes clash

I wanna tug on that little nugget so badly. Please tell us more I'm sure it would dispel any notion of xenophobia...