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Stop pretending that racism and xenophoby are just political opinions. They are not.

Stop calling anyone with differing opinions a racist or xenophobe. It really feels like these activists are deliberately misusing powerful words in order to weaken them (if everyone is called a racist, no matter how undeservedly, then no one is). Or they are simply stupid and do not understand the reaction they are causing with their totalitarian tactics.

When someone says that people who are UK citizen aren't british because they are black or brown, yes this is xenophoby.

This is not an opinion, and it is actually a lie because the actual law and constitution of said country disagree.

He was't talking about the color of the skin or a passport. He was talking about the culture, does it integrate well, is it compatible, is it "enriching" or actually enriching. Is the person and the group this person belongs to, a negative or a positive for the country, the society, the original/native people.

This has nothing to do with the race or a color of one's skin. Like Idris Elba is British as is Rishi Sunak.

Or from Hong Kong

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