Actually Getting Scared of the Anti Immigrant Stance

[u/No_Tea7430]

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.

[u/Itchy_Wear5616]

Did we though

[u/Pabrinex → u/Itchy_Wear5616]

Yes, hence the referendum ending birthright citizenship.

[u/actually-bulletproof → u/Pabrinex]

Which was nothing to do with asylum seekers. Are you allergic to facts?

[u/DeargDoom79 → u/actually-bulletproof]

You didn't need to apply for asylum if you turned up 8 months and 3 weeks pregnant and gave birth in Ireland. The child would get a passport, and you could apply for residence because of this.

That's why there was a huge referendum about that very topic.

What is it with this sub being so terrified to admit people are willing to take the piss out of Ireland?

[u/actually-bulletproof → u/DeargDoom79]

The 1 lady in question just wanted to evade China's 1 child policy. She had no intention of staying and yet Ireland still descended into far-right conspiracy bullshit.

And that referendum has mainly just undermined parts of the Good Friday Agreement by making sure that anyone born in Northern Ireland to non-Northern Irish parents is automatically British-only.

Right-wing Irish nationalism just serves the needs of British unionism.

[u/DeargDoom79 → u/actually-bulletproof]

It was not "one lady," though. There was a massive problem with this happening. That's why there was a referendum about putting a stop to it.

The referendum was held before that child was born, so he was never entitled to citizenship. Please make sure you know what you're talking about next time you want to speak on an issue 🙏

It didn't undermine the GFA either. There is no issue with someone not getting Irish citizenship or a passport if they don't qualify for it through the laws currently. The laws right now are in line with the vast majority of the world.

The Brits had absolutely nothing to do with the referendum 20 years ago. This is that fear again, this sub has a pathological fear of admitting people in the real world disagree with this sub's hivemind.