Joel
On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 6:34 PM, Angelus Novus
<fuerdenkommunismus at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> ravi wrote:
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>> Do I want to live in a nation where racial tolerance is achieved via
>> isolation or one where I might be called names (which has occurred in the > USA as well) and might even face violence, but get richer opportunities
>> for cultural and social interaction
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> I just don't accept Wojtek's premises. He makes it sound like some television sitcom where gruff but loveable characters from diverse backgrounds talk tough with each other, but ultimately care at the end of the day.
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> No, sorry, no fucking way that's even close to the fucked up reality of racism in continental Europe. People get murdered here by Nazis, subject to discrimination in housing and employment, attacked by cops, and subject to a horrible control regimen of the immigration authorities, not to mention the constant vicious discourse of mainstream politics.
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> Maybe England is a different thing entirely, but on the continent, it's a nasty situation. Don't prettify it by saying there's some de facto integration with a merely political incorrect public discourse. That's a huge distortion of reality.
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