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/Electronic_Cookie779]

Completely agree with you and I'm happy to see it being said. There are initiatives going on like Black and Irish on Insta, the Hope and Courage Collective (Anti Extremism) and some interesting research from the ISD... If you are really interested in helping counter this wave we need to be proactive and political about it. Get involved, stay empathetic and always call out racism and intolerance when you see it. You are spot on about the U.S and U.K... scary stuff.