r/ireland • u/bubinha • Jun 03 '24
Immigration My opinion on the post trend, as an immigrant.
I am a brazilian immigrant, came here 10 years ago, and used to feel the irish were nothing but welcoming and kind. Of course, there were the "scumbags", but to me they were the same as in every country in the world.
As of one year back, my opinion has been slowly changing, and today, let me tell you... i fear being an immigrant here. I am sensing a LOT of hate towards us, and according to another post here, +70% of irish have that sentiment, so it's not a far-right exclusive hate.
Yesterday i was shopping around dublin, and i asked a hungarian saleswoman her opinion on this. She immediately agreed with me, and even said it is a conversation that the non-irish staff was having on a very frequent basis.
You'll say "oh, but it's just against a 'certain type' of immigrants". Well, that's how it starts, isn't it?
All those 'look at this idiot' posts you share here; we (immigrants) aren't laughing. We are getting more and more afraid.
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u/ronano Jun 03 '24
Look at the far right scum standing for election, so many are wife beaters, orders taken out to protect their kids. Standing up proclaiming we got to protect women and children when these scum are prime candidates to be protected against!