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Re:Facebook and Google Helped Anti-Refugee Campaign in Swing... by maxerickson on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @08:04AM (#15498373)
Should people never make any assumptions about what motivates political views, even when it is obvious?
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Re:Facebook and Google Helped Anti-Refugee Campaign in Swing... by thriftwy on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @08:14AM (#15498427)
They should not actually, it's a gross disregard for personal borders.

Agree with me, disagree with me, don't try to poke in my head.

Actually I can't think of a worse form of bigotry than attributing motivations for behavior of others.

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Re:Facebook and Google Helped Anti-Refugee Campaign in Swing... by empath75 on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @08:31AM (#15498564)
Really? Nothing worse than that? How about, I dunno Jim Crow laws.
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Re:Facebook and Google Helped Anti-Refugee Campaign in Swing... by mattmanser on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @08:19AM (#15498468)
Without derailing the discussion by saying why, I'm anti-mass immigration.

Not an ounce of racism motivates it. I absolutely despise the BNP and the alt-right.

You thinking it's obvious I'm a racist shows how close-minded people on both sides of the debate can be.

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Re:Facebook and Google Helped Anti-Refugee Campaign in Swing... by maxerickson on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @08:24AM (#15498506)
I made an abstract statement, I didn't enumerate the views I think are obviously motivated by racism.

Opposition to refugees (modest numbers, carefully vetted since decades, coming from real crisis situations) is at least motivated by dimwitted xenophobia. Opposition to mass immigration would be a different category.

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Re:Facebook and Google Helped Anti-Refugee Campaign in Swing... by pjc50 on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @08:33AM (#15498580)
What level constitutes "mass"?

Does this include foreign spouses? Students?

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Re:Facebook and Google Helped Anti-Refugee Campaign in Swing... by mhneu on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @08:36AM (#15498602)
In the US, more immigration is a no-brainer. It's good for the US economically. https://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/krugman/2017/09/05/the-very...

P.s. discussion isn't bad if conducted in good faith and not a vehicle for propaganda. It's the lies and hate-mongering in the ads that are bad.

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