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Originally Posted by rubecube
Wait, but I thought we're to judge people as individuals? Just to be clear, I somewhat agree with you but you're kind of contradicting your supposed commitment to liberalism. This guy could just flat out be a pervert.
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I've never said this guy should be treated any differently by the law because of his origins. But when it comes to public policy over immigration and refugees, we need to recognize that social norms in parts of the world are dramatically different from our own, and are likely to pose real challenges to integration.
It never ceases to amaze me how progressives, of all people, have such a blind spot to the ultra-conservatism of other cultures. They can't seem to be able to bring themselves to recognize that misogyny, far from being a peculiar defect of Western culture, is in fact far more evident and tolerated in most of the rest of the world.