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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What are the circumstances of this Sudanese man being in Northern Ireland?[/quote]

This is what presumably prompted the outrage: locals are fed up with the back door immigration that allows people to enter and easily seek asylum through a seemingly unguarded, porous border (at least that’s what two articles I read earlier today pointed to).

Everyone has a tipping point when it comes to immigration (ahem…look at the US). And incidents of violent crime often prompt attention, and sometimes prompt a strong reaction.

I think the pp who racialized this really missed the point. Aggressively protesting (like this) is directly attributable to pent up frustration. I mean, look at the post-George Floyd riots/protests.

If you don’t want such an unnecessary, dangerous reaction then the government needs to do a better job of taking the temperature of voters and anticipating where the tipping point is. [/quote]

Its porous because of the situation with the UK. Something they have no problem with if you are a white person. And again the rates of violence by immigrants is less than the native born population. We are talking about Northern Ireland here!

I am going to ignore your comparison to George Floyd riots. [/quote]

Yes, I believe everyone understands the UK’s role here. Full disclosure: one of the articles I read this morning was from the UK, and they are well aware of their role.

Nobody said the violent protests were legit or necessary, and nobody said migrants are more violent than locals. But perception is reality and this sort of strong reaction most certainly stems from a collective tipping point rather than singular outrage to the actual incident.

The analogy to the George Floyd riots was aimed at underscoring how a collective reaction tends to occur when the masses reach a breaking point. Whether or not you accept the fact that any group can reach a breaking point…or whether you simply feel entitled to judge one protest worthy over another…the reality is rather obvious.

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Are you saying that an inicident of n=1 per year is the breaking point for the people of Northern Ireland? [/quote]

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