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So she's a Nazi piece of shit thoroughly devoid of rational thought, but I actually wanted to use this to deconstruct reactionary bait, because it's something that tripped me up until recently. @LaurenWitzkeDE/1313867438770057218Permalink On twitter.com
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What's actually going on in this statement here? It's really really really tempting to go "I'm an immigrant/my family are immigrants and we're just fine how dare you!!" But such thinking won't win you the argument even if you are correct.Permalink On twitter.com
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What's "assimilate" mean? Learning a language? People do that all the time. Is learning holidays assimilation? Food? Is financial independence assimilation? Is participating in the electoral system assimilation? Is paying taxes?Permalink On twitter.com
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What's a "civil" society? Is the US a civil society? It's true we provide some protection to marginalized groups that don't exist elsewhere, but it's also true that we wage war against 8 countries that didn't attack us, in which the overwhelming number of casualties are civilianPermalink On twitter.com
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We torture political prisoners we find outside out borders in secret military facilities and then snub any world agency that tries to hold us accountable. We financially support 70% of the world's dictatorships.Permalink On twitter.com
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And those migrants Witzke is worried about? We've created at least 37 million of them through the so-called "war on terror".Permalink On twitter.com
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We're the richest country in the world and we let thousands go unhoused and millions go hungry. Our police kill more per capita than law enforcement in Egypt, Pakistan, or Colombia. What about our country is "civil"?Permalink On twitter.com
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What does "most" migrants mean? Somehow I feel like if I showed her a study that proved 51% of "third world" migrants "assimilate" into "civil" society she wouldn't be satisfied. "Oh so 49% don't assimilate and you want them in our country?" she'd sayPermalink On twitter.com
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Finally, and here's the important bit: what exactly is wrong with migrants who don't assimilate 100%? In Chicago, they dye the ENTIRE Chicago river green once a year for St Patrick's Day because Irish immigrants from 130 years ago didn't let go of their culturePermalink On twitter.com
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Ireland wasn't exactly a rich, "civil" (big scare quotes there) society back then. It was a poor British colony, much like the countries we refer to as "third world". Btw Chicago is also the second largest Polish population in the world after WarsawOn twitter.com
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By just saying "I know immigrants and they're GREAT actually" we realize we've already lost the "debate". Because we've accepted a bunch of implicit narrative nonsense about the existence of "civil" societies and the need for migrants to "assimilate".Permalink On twitter.com
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The best thing you can give a fascist is someone who's right but doesn't have the knowledge to defend themself. It makes their propaganda a lot easierPermalink On twitter.com