Brandenburg election: Welcome Culture sours to Auf Wiedersehen
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Migrants who arrived since 2015 say they feel unwelcome in Germany, where the far-right Alternative for Germany is gaining support.

Migrants who arrived since 2015 say they feel unwelcome in Germany, where the far-right Alternative for Germany is gaining support.

  • fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.ccEnglish
    65·
    2 months ago

    Yeah but this is kinda like saying “we should accept refugees because they’re nice people”.

    Sure some or even most are, but a lot of refugees have been through significant trauma and might not be so pleasant as a result.

    How would your view differ if you were talking to a young muslim male with a mild psychosis who believed that only an immoral woman would be in public without covering their face?

    IMO “unpleasant people” are no less deserving of refuge, but I’d caution you against holding a view that all refugees are nice well adjusted people.

      • fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.ccEnglish
        32·
        2 months ago

        Do you mean, “there’s a few assholes in any group of people” ?

        If so, then yes.

        However, what I was trying to delicately imply is that people from traumatic circumstances are more likely to be assholes, simply as a product of their circumstances.

        For example, I’m sympathetic to the plight of Palestinians, but I wouldn’t rent a room to a Palestinian.