It appears we didn’t do a very good job of explaining our point about racist terrorism in Western countries being more dangerous than any other kind of terrorism the other day, did we? Let’s try this again:
1) Islamphobes/racists/xenophobes have been very vocal about closing borders and denying safe haven to refugees.
2) When people point out the Islamophobia/racism/xenophobia inherent in taking such a stance, the anti-refugee lot invariably say “look, we’re worried about terrorism!”
3) But if they were actually worried about terrorism, they’d be advocating for the deportation of people like themselves - Islamophobes, racists, and xenophobes - since quite clearly they are 2x-to-5x more likely to kill someone than the alleged “terrorists” hiding among the refugees that absolutely need safe refuge, quite often from terrorist attacks happening in their home countries.
4) So: bigots are only alarmed about terrorism when they can use it to disguise their bigotry. Ironically, they’re far more likely to commit terrorist violence than the people they claim to be so concerned with.
In no way were we trying to say that we shouldn’t worry about the plight of refugees or feel a moral duty to do everything we can to protect them, including welcoming them to our communities. Frankly, we’re a little gobsmacked that you could take it that way, especially considering everything we’ve posted over the last couple of years on this blog advocating for refugees.
asked by Anonymous