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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]European countries are seeing their cultures disappear as a result of unchecked immigration.  It has taken them awhile but they are finally realizing that if they do not act now it will be too late.

A warning to others around the world.  [/quote]

This.

If newcomers assimilate, you don’t have a backlash.

But many newcomers aren’t assimilating.

Sorry, not sorry: western women don’t want to see Muslim women adhering to backwards religious/social rules…it’s jarring and scary…sets back our cause.

The western world has become far less religious in general, so it’s logically that newcomers who adhere to strict religious constructs would be worrisome.

Plus: crime. All it takes is one story about a violent rape or mugging to foster fear. [/quote]

I'm on the left and I agree completely. 
I abhor the right wing for its belligerent nationalism and bigotry and how it uses populist rhetoric to disguise the same old corporate self-dealing that helps the same elites the population loves to hate. And I am deeply disturbed by the inaction on climate change (largely driven by the fact the governments choose punitive measures targeting working people rather than actually requiring corporations to make sacrifices).
BUT... on immigration, the above statement is 100% correct.

Take the Netherlands for example. For centuries, the Dutch have been regarded as the most iconically progressive people in the world. Now that is backsliding because of the influx of migrants from very conservative and religious places. There's validity in the statement that you and become so tolerant that you tolerate intolerance, and that is not OK. Having entire neighborhoods where women can't walk alone, or covered head to toe, is not progressive. Demands for gender separation is not progressive. Elevating the religious feelings of some over the human rights and freedom of all is not progressive. [/quote]

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