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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    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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      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.