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Flooded by migrants, eh? Did they come in a wave? A tsunami? Did their little beady rat-like eyes and their smell offend you?

Dress it up all you like, but you’ve just broadcast “I’m a xenophobe” loud and proud.

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thats quite a stance. Like it or not, there is a huge influx of migrants into the EU. Acknowledging this does not make one a xenophobe and labelling someone with that opinion causes all sorts of divisions and further issues. In fact, your rhetoric is actually one of the main drivers spurring vote leave. People with valid opinions being labelled as racist only further entrenches their beliefs that they are not being listened to

So, what’s your objection to migrants then? Is it the fallacy that they take jobs by having a strong work ethic, or is it the fallacy that they sponge off the state because they’re lazy? Or is it just because they’re different?

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