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Originally Posted by Fire of the Phoenix
One thing about the Paris attacks that has surprised me is how it exposed so many people I know as bigots, racists, xenophobes and fear mongers. Most of these people are just aquantences, so they are easy enough to cut out of my life. There are several others that will be tougher to deal with like my best friend's parents that I see at work weekly, a couple of my cousins, some colleagues and a few others I have to deal with semi regularly. Really interesting how one attack has 'awakened' so many a-holes.
My wife has deleted over 10 people off her FB because of things they've posted since the attacks.
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It sometimes seems that if you express one iota of concern over the current government's plan, you are labeled racist, bigot & xenophobe. I have rarely come across people who are actually flat out racist and don't want any more brown people in Canada. But many people who are uninformed about the procedures and protocols.
Guess what, sometimes people are just plain scared. Has that crossed your mind? Not everyone is as well informed and they see the scary images from Paris, and images of hundreds of thousands of refugees pouring over European borders. People get scared and they don't want Paris 2.0 to happen in Canada. It doesn't make them racist.
I can't stand racism either. But I also can't stand all this holier than thou attitude that surfaces all the time too. There is room for genuine intellectual discussion without fricken labels being thrown around every time someone disagrees with you.