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Originally Posted by Toy Soldier
There's a fundamental misunderstanding, really, that anyone who is against mistreatment if human beings "wants open borders and to let anyone in!!!"
No.
We shouldn't have open borders, it's impossible to accept all asylum seekers let alone other immigrants. That's true. Here's the thing though;
You don't have to be vicious about it.
The jeering, spitefulness and hatred directed at migrants themselves is completely unnecessary. No it's not possible for the world to move to Europe and solutions need to be found... But if it was any of us in one of these struggling countries, we would be doing the exact same thing.
We don't have to abandon empathy and compassion in order to control our borders. People can be turned away considerately without resorting to bleating "nyyyeeeerrrrrr dirty get back to yer own country!!".
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Very well put TS. I've said it a thousand times in these discussions, it's very easy for us all to sit back and judge these people while we're lucky enough to be born on this side of the world but the inability to put yourself in their shoes and see them as real people, fathers, sons, daughters, mothers etc is so dehumanising and upsetting.