Posted on 08/17/2015 10:35:58 AM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
MEISSEN, Germany — In a gesture of German goodwill, the administration in this medieval city leased a newly renovated apartment building here to humanely — even comfortably — house dozens of desperate asylum-seekers. The newcomers from Syria and other war- ravaged nations would enjoy freshly redone floors, cute balconies and shiny, modern appliances in a cheerful building near a timber-framed pub.
Then Meissen’s goodwill went up in smoke.
On a cool night six weeks ago, suspected right-wing arsonists struck the building, scorching its interior and rendering it uninhabitable days before the asylum-seekers were to move in. The attack added Meissen, a gothic castle town of 30,000 on the Elbe River, to a string of German cities caught up in an escalating rash of violence against refugees.
The acts include an ugly spate of arson targeting refugee centers as well as physical attacks on refugees themselves, marking the return of what critics say is an unnerving brand of xenophobia to Western Europe’s most populous nation.
The attacks are undercutting Germany’s image as the country leading the effort to aid a record flow of refugees into Europe, highlighting the rising social tensions in the region amid the avalanche of asylum-seekers. . .
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Xenophobia - “Xenophobia is the unreasoned fear of that which is perceived to be foreign or strange.”
This fear is REASONED (i.e., with damn good justification). It is NOT Xenophobia. It is time we take back our language.
Xenophobia - “Xenophobia is the unreasoned fear of that which is perceived to be foreign or strange.”
This fear is REASONED (i.e., with damn good justification). It is NOT Xenophobia. It is time we take back our language.
Xenophobia is a healthy reaction, the national equivalent of the gag reflex.
It's like a revolving door.
Yes. You’re right. THe video nails it too. Dinesh D’Souza does good stuff. I’ve seen most of it, I believe.
I didn’t know about Dinesh until recently -but I’ve caught up now.
Who would make a better president, D’Souza or Obama?
Let me try to figure that out; haha
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