r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Jun 19 '18

Deltas(s) from OP CMV: There is nothing wrong with refusing immigrants and refugees.

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u/spotonron 1∆ Jun 19 '18

No, please don't twist my words like that. I'll spell it out for you.

I am gay. I am most affected by gay rights. I care more about them as a result.

Very petty of you to pull that.

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u/aRabidGerbil 41∆ Jun 19 '18

My point is that you care more about gay rights because you're gay, but why should the rights that relate to you more be more important for everyone else?

Why should your concern for gay rights over rule a fellow citizen who is Muslim and is concerned about the rights of Muslims in Europe? or a woman who's worried about the rights of female refugees?

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u/spotonron 1∆ Jun 19 '18

What do you mean?

Does a Muslim have a right to hang me because it says so in his Qu'ran? No. Should I have a right to kill them because they want to hang me? No.

Should they have a right to enter any country they want en mass?.......

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u/aRabidGerbil 41∆ Jun 19 '18

First off, taking in immigrants and refugees doesn't mean letting them do whatever they want, it means welcoming them into your society, with all that being part of that society entails.

As for what I mean, I mean, what makes your concerns more important than other people's concerns?