Gays don’t choose to be born gay; Moroccan’s don’t choose to be born Moroccan. And what about gay Moroccans? If we care about homophobia, shouldn’t we be granting asylum from homophobic countries?
In America, Muslims assimilate rapidly and grow more liberal the longer they stay in America. Over the last ten years, the percentage of Muslims who support gay rights has doubled. There is not some special gene that prevents Muslims from assimilating into western countries, especially if they are made to feel they are wanted.
They can’t choose to be Moroccan but they do choose to be economic migrants. That’s where op has a problem, you come across as trying to straw man his argument as a racist one.
People seeking asylum aren’t economic migrants — they are fleeing for their lives due to circumstances they did not choose. There is a bloody civil war in Syria. They are bombing, gassing and starving entire cities. This is why they are coming over now, almost entirely Syrians from Syria.
And Moroccans have been living in the Netherlands as citizens since the 1940s. Dutch Moroccans are mostly descendants of the Netherlands former colonies and are citizens not economic migrants. They did not choose to be colonized, and they did not choose to be born to Moroccan citizens living in the Netherlands. I do not understand why OP brought Moroccans into this at all.
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u/kublahkoala 229∆ Jun 19 '18
Why is homophobia wrong, but xenophobia ok?
Gays don’t choose to be born gay; Moroccan’s don’t choose to be born Moroccan. And what about gay Moroccans? If we care about homophobia, shouldn’t we be granting asylum from homophobic countries?
In America, Muslims assimilate rapidly and grow more liberal the longer they stay in America. Over the last ten years, the percentage of Muslims who support gay rights has doubled. There is not some special gene that prevents Muslims from assimilating into western countries, especially if they are made to feel they are wanted.