Well I went looking for the immigration issue and all I can see is 2 paragraphs under the heading "refugees". First, absolutely for myself and hopefully increasingly for others, the immigration issue is split off separately and has no relation to so-called "social conservatism". So for me personally I am pro-vaccine mandates, pro-masks, …
Well I went looking for the immigration issue and all I can see is 2 paragraphs under the heading "refugees". First, absolutely for myself and hopefully increasingly for others, the immigration issue is split off separately and has no relation to so-called "social conservatism". So for me personally I am pro-vaccine mandates, pro-masks, pro-gender equality, pro-choice on abortion, pro-globalization on WEF, etc. The problem is with the immigration -- there just isn't anything there that is cause for condemnation.
First, specialists in immigration always split out refugees separately from regular immigration (this actually dates back in Canada to the original Singh decision). We prefer to solve problems at the source country level, through intervention, rather than having the refugee migration (e.g. Obama should have intervened in Syria). Merkel's decision was a serious mistake, and what led to the creation of the AfD in the first place. The CURRENT position of the EU is not that different from what you have Anderson saying above: see from just 2 days ago: "EU States Call For Stronger Borders, Migrant Return Deals", EURACTIV.com, with AFP, February 25, 2023: "The overall tone on migration has hardened in Europe since 2015-2016, when it took in over a million asylum-seekers, most of them Syrians fleeing the war in their country"; see also "Italy Approves Clampdown on Migrant Rescue Ships, Fines Charity", EURACTIV.com with Reuters, Feb 23, 2023.
As for Islam and Islamophobia, I believe the remarks she was quoted on referred to gender equality issues. IF this was being used as a pretext for supporting some sort of "Christianity" ("our religion is the true religion"), then fine, we can call that out (see, eg. Hungary and Orban referring to "Christianity" as an excuse). But much of these comments, such as hers, about Islam and some of their cultural behavior, can be approached from the perspective of the withering-away and decline of ALL religion and a more rationalist and analytical approach to culture, combined with the more modern gender-equality trend, that I support. See, for example, the welcome news from the last 2 weeks: "Sixty-four Percent Say Abortion Should Be Legal in All or Most Cases: Poll", The Hill, February 24, 2023; "Americans’ Dissatisfaction With US Abortion Policies Hits All-Time High -- Public Sentiment Largely Supported Increased Access To Abortion", The Hill, February 10, 2023.
“Pro-globalization on WEF”. It is good to hear that people are aware of their plans and are in agreement as opposed to the assumption that most people do not know about it; that it is some nefarious organization and people “need to be educated as to why it is bad.” Too many time people try to force their value systems on others, where it is not welcome.
Well I went looking for the immigration issue and all I can see is 2 paragraphs under the heading "refugees". First, absolutely for myself and hopefully increasingly for others, the immigration issue is split off separately and has no relation to so-called "social conservatism". So for me personally I am pro-vaccine mandates, pro-masks, pro-gender equality, pro-choice on abortion, pro-globalization on WEF, etc. The problem is with the immigration -- there just isn't anything there that is cause for condemnation.
First, specialists in immigration always split out refugees separately from regular immigration (this actually dates back in Canada to the original Singh decision). We prefer to solve problems at the source country level, through intervention, rather than having the refugee migration (e.g. Obama should have intervened in Syria). Merkel's decision was a serious mistake, and what led to the creation of the AfD in the first place. The CURRENT position of the EU is not that different from what you have Anderson saying above: see from just 2 days ago: "EU States Call For Stronger Borders, Migrant Return Deals", EURACTIV.com, with AFP, February 25, 2023: "The overall tone on migration has hardened in Europe since 2015-2016, when it took in over a million asylum-seekers, most of them Syrians fleeing the war in their country"; see also "Italy Approves Clampdown on Migrant Rescue Ships, Fines Charity", EURACTIV.com with Reuters, Feb 23, 2023.
As for Islam and Islamophobia, I believe the remarks she was quoted on referred to gender equality issues. IF this was being used as a pretext for supporting some sort of "Christianity" ("our religion is the true religion"), then fine, we can call that out (see, eg. Hungary and Orban referring to "Christianity" as an excuse). But much of these comments, such as hers, about Islam and some of their cultural behavior, can be approached from the perspective of the withering-away and decline of ALL religion and a more rationalist and analytical approach to culture, combined with the more modern gender-equality trend, that I support. See, for example, the welcome news from the last 2 weeks: "Sixty-four Percent Say Abortion Should Be Legal in All or Most Cases: Poll", The Hill, February 24, 2023; "Americans’ Dissatisfaction With US Abortion Policies Hits All-Time High -- Public Sentiment Largely Supported Increased Access To Abortion", The Hill, February 10, 2023.
“Pro-globalization on WEF”. It is good to hear that people are aware of their plans and are in agreement as opposed to the assumption that most people do not know about it; that it is some nefarious organization and people “need to be educated as to why it is bad.” Too many time people try to force their value systems on others, where it is not welcome.