On Saturday and Sunday nights, a group of Dutch citizens gathered at the border between Ter Apel and Rütenbrock in Germany with the intention of performing their own border controls and stopping asylum seekers from entering the Netherlands.

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    19 hours ago

    You’re right, it didn’t come out of thin air, it’s a sustained fearmongering campaign by the far-right parties to scare dumb people into voting against their own interests.

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      19 hours ago

      And how exactly, is voting for a stricter asylum policy, voting against one’s selfinterest?

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        17 hours ago

        Because those that shout the racist politics are also doing all the policies for the rich. Are you rich? Otherwise they are not pushing policies that benefit you, except you don’t see people of different color when you leave your house. If that is more important to you than education, science, environment, health, culture and many others… than you are likely simply a racist =D

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          17 hours ago

          I’m not rich. Nor do i vote for populist screamers. My view is, that everyone is making a mess of it. Wether it’s the right or the left.

          I love how my comments get downvoted. There’s a lot more stupidity then just those that vote for Wilders.

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            16 hours ago

            Your comments are downvoted because you are legitimizing racism. Also, feel free not to call others “stupid”.

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              16 hours ago

              Nowhere have i said its okay to be racist. You really shouldn’t put words in people’s mouth. In my original post i said that we need to rethink our policies. Thats quite different from beeing racist.

              And also, if people already label me a racist, then why not enjoy it while i can.

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                16 hours ago

                You’re actually putting words in my mouth. Interesting. I said your line of argumentation legitimizes racism. I.e., it portrays this anti-immigrant push as something rational which it really isn’t. It’s based in humans being flawed in their pattern recognition, they easily identify people with the wrong kind of beard but they have a very hard time finding out who systematically takes away their rights.

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                  16 hours ago

                  No, it does not.

                  I find it bezarre that rethinking a policy, in some people’s mind is the same as legalizing racism. Really bizarre.

                  Thats the problem with modern day politics. Either you’re left or right. There’s no in between anymore.

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        18 hours ago

        If they solved the crisis, they’d lose their voters. There is no incentive to solve it.

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          17 hours ago

          Fair enough. But the same could be said for all parties.