Question for the Americans
Nov. 7th, 2012 09:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
james_davis_nicollWhen Irish-Americans go off on rants about the evils of demographic change do you think they are in any way aware that a century ago people making that speech would have been complaining about the Irish?
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Date: 2012-11-07 09:38 pm (UTC)Some people think "My people used to be attacked by bigots. Therefore I should work to make sure nobody is attacked by bigots in the future." This way of thinking generates a fair amount of anti-bigotry activism.
Others think, "My people used be attacked by bigots. Therefore I should work to make sure the bigots don't attack me or the people I love. It's safest to support the bigots and be on the side of the bigots while they attack other victims." This way of thinking is WRONG, but it's the evil kind of wrong, not the stupid kind of wrong.