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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[-] 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.