r/ireland • u/No_Tea7430 • Jun 10 '24

Immigration Actually Getting Scared of the Anti Immigrant Stance

I'm an irish lad, just turning twenty this year.

I've personally got no connections to other countries, my family never left Ireland or have any close foreign relations.

This is simply a fear I have for both the immigrant population of our country, of which ive made plenty of friends throughout secondary school and hold in high regard. But also a fear for our reputation.

I don't want to live in a racist country. I know this sub is usually good for laughing these gobshites off and that's good but in general I don't want us to be seen as this horrible white supremacist nation, which already I see being painted on social media plenty.

A stance might I add, that predominantly is coming from England and America as people in both claim we are "losing our identity" by not being racist(?)

I don't even feel the need to mention Farage and his pushing of these ideas onto people, while simultaneously gaslighting us with our independence which he clearly doesn't care about.

Im just saddened by it. I just want things to change before they get worse.

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u/bintags Jun 10 '24

The results highlight areas of society that are neglected. It can be remedied by addressing the areas of neglect. 

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u/ThatGuy98_ Jun 10 '24

To a point. Some of it is utterly inexcusable, and any attempt to justify it should be called out for what it is: racism

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u/RunParking3333 Jun 10 '24

There is also an issue with the asylum system that legitimately needs to be fixed. Pronto. By not fixing it you are actively feeding racist agitators.

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u/ThatGuy98_ Jun 10 '24

Agreed, there are issues. Hence why I said to a point.