I heard a burger conservative call the US a "country of immigrants" and it just occurred to me why they're so terrified of immigrants (hexbear.net)

submitted 6 months ago by MarxusMaximus@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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I'm a little embarrassed it didn't occur to me earlier that they see their genocidal ancestors as immigrants and therefor think that's what immigration is.

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[-] Angel@hexbear.net 35 points 6 months ago

As a black person born to immigrants, I never thought it was that deep. I just think they're racist and use someone's immigrant status as a way to justify their bigotry further.

It's no shock that they would treat Western European immigrants with a lot more care and concern.

[-] MarxusMaximus@hexbear.net 4 points 6 months ago

You're probably right. But it's also probably easier to sell shit like "replacement theory" when your target's frame of reference for immigration is actually settler colonialism.