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guillaumeb

(42,641 posts) Mon Nov 26, 2018, 06:21 PM Nov 2018

Xenophobia 101:

Strangers represent danger.

Strangers do not look like us.

Strangers do not talk like us.

Strangers want to take our things.

Strangers are less than human, not like us.

Strangers are stealing our jobs.

By the above xenophobic logic, anything we do to strangers is excusable.

And by our, and us, the GOP means white people.

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Xenophobia 101: (Original Post) guillaumeb Nov 2018 OP

And the saddest thing is there IS danger ck4829 Nov 2018 #1

Beautifully said. guillaumeb Nov 2018 #2

ck4829

(35,038 posts)

1. And the saddest thing is there IS danger

Reply to guillaumeb (Original post)

Mon Nov 26, 2018, 06:26 PM

Nov 2018

Someone is shooting up our schools, movie theaters, synagogues, and churches.

Someone is raiding our safety nets, social security, and jumping out of companies they destroy with golden parachutes.

Someone is denying us jobs.

Problem is... they look just like us, and not the stranger at all.

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)

2. Beautifully said.

Reply to ck4829 (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 26, 2018, 06:28 PM

Nov 2018

And one of the biggest thieves, one of the biggest threats, is Donald Trump.

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