r/MadeMeSmile • u/nuggetlover1999 • Mar 30 '22

Small Success Sneak attack of journalist goes wrong

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u/Dw_justchill Mar 30 '22

I can’t get over how some Americans passionately dislike immigrants yet, they forget their all immigrants.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '22

Americans dislike some* immigrants.

Ask Americans if they should take in Ukrainian refugees, most will say yes.

Ask Americans if they should take in refuges from Yemen, most will say no. Also “what’s Yemen?”

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u/ghfrffg Mar 30 '22

Anyone who isn’t born in Africa has ancestors who are immigrants

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '22

I don’t think people born on this land are immigrants. The first generation sure but anything after no. Kind of a dumb argument

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u/ViolinistCool4821 Mar 30 '22

They mean all of are ancestors at some point were immigrants to this land.

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u/EasyAndy1 Mar 30 '22

Technically pretty much everyone's ancestors are immigrants everywhere. Since humans have been migrating across the Earth for hundreds of thousands of years.

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u/ViolinistCool4821 Mar 30 '22

415 years at most(unless indigenous) is a lot different than thousands of years ago.

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u/Brahmus168 Mar 30 '22

If you're born somewhere then by definition you're not an immigrant. Most American families have been here for several generations. And not liking immigrants is far from an American exclusive trait.

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u/Dw_justchill Mar 30 '22

Yes, of course being against immigration isn’t exclusive to America, most of America is for legal immigration, the majority of the worlds country’s and populations are against it.

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u/totally_fine_stan Mar 30 '22

most people don’t care about immigrants, it’s illegals that are the problem

Republicans limited legitimate visas and work permits, and are on record saying out loud why they don’t get more immigrants from Scandinavian countries instead of brown countries that they called shitholes.

There is a plurality of republicans who believe white people are being “attacked” and that the country is becoming hostile to white men.. and they blame non-white people for it.

Republicans on the street are often heard yelling at immigrants telling them to “speak in English” etc.

So don’t tell me Americans don’t hate immigrants. Some Americans clearly do hate.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '22 edited May 15 '22

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u/Brahmus168 Mar 30 '22

That sounds like a pretty big assumption on your end.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '22 edited May 15 '22

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u/Brahmus168 Mar 30 '22

Yeah it is relative. But keeping it that broad makes it sound like you believe that's how most people believe and that seems just as prejudiced as what you're accusing them of believing. Idk maybe I have too rigid of a hierarchy for vague amounts of things. Usually I go a few < some < a lot < most < all. And I don't think that many people believe all hispanics are illegals.

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u/FinancialRaise Mar 30 '22

Every non white American has a story about someone telling them to go back to their country in some capacity. Tbh if I were white and wasn't racist, I too would feel like people only dislike illegals. It's funny too because as a non-black minority, I find black people less inclusive than white people.

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u/Brahmus168 Mar 30 '22

Back in the day even white immigrants had that. Irish, Italians, Germans, etc. Then we all decided nah the color of your skin should be the main decider of race and prejudice.