03-27-2021, 09:52 PM
** 25-Mar-2021 World View: Xenophobia today
You're fighting the last war. If there was xenophobia during WW II,
then there's xenophobia on steroids today.
One obvious example is the xenophobia that you and other Democrats
feel towards the 74 million Trump supporters, to the extent of setting
up Stalinist censorship, and discriminating against them in other
ways. You, of all people, are in no position to deny the truth of
that.
But forget domestic xenophobia. The Chinese are full of xenophobia,
racism and hatred -- toward the Japanese, toward the Filipinos, toward
the Indians, toward the Russians. And don't forget the Uighurs, the
Tibetans and the Taiwanese. And having just published a book on
Vietnam, I can assure you it's also directed at the Vietnamese. So
from China alone, the xenophobia is massive.
Leaving China, there's Pakistan vs India, the Taliban vs ISIS, the
Jews vs the Arabs, the Sunnis vs the Shias.
As for the Holocaust, I've already pointed out that there are three
Holocausts going on today, in China, in Burma and in Syria.
So yeah, xenophobia is everywhere today.
Bob Butler" Wrote:> World War II had strong racist and xenophobic elements. Count 6
> million Jews plus assorted Gypsies, homosexuals and others among
> the victims. While there is no doubt that Germany should hold the
> brunt of the blame, in the years after the war some counted the
> allies and the US as sharing some of the guilt. When people under
> threat tried to immigrate, they were for the most part turned
> away. Refusing the chance for asylum was a death warrant.
> The result was guilt trip based immigration and asylum laws. If
> anything like the holocaust started again, the US would not turn
> folks away. Some of this is still on the books, still is the
> official policy.
You're fighting the last war. If there was xenophobia during WW II,
then there's xenophobia on steroids today.
One obvious example is the xenophobia that you and other Democrats
feel towards the 74 million Trump supporters, to the extent of setting
up Stalinist censorship, and discriminating against them in other
ways. You, of all people, are in no position to deny the truth of
that.
But forget domestic xenophobia. The Chinese are full of xenophobia,
racism and hatred -- toward the Japanese, toward the Filipinos, toward
the Indians, toward the Russians. And don't forget the Uighurs, the
Tibetans and the Taiwanese. And having just published a book on
Vietnam, I can assure you it's also directed at the Vietnamese. So
from China alone, the xenophobia is massive.
Leaving China, there's Pakistan vs India, the Taliban vs ISIS, the
Jews vs the Arabs, the Sunnis vs the Shias.
As for the Holocaust, I've already pointed out that there are three
Holocausts going on today, in China, in Burma and in Syria.
So yeah, xenophobia is everywhere today.
