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>>franzb+(OP)
The repeated attacks, heavy immigration of refugees...I'm hoping for the best, but I feel like there is a powder keg here. Whether or not it is based in any fact, how this is handled and plays out is a serious concern.

>>jmspri+E1
Indeed. I'm sure a bunch of dipshits are already claiming that this is what happens when you allow Muslims into your country, somehow. Gonna wind up hurting a lot more innocent people.

>>Phasma+V1
Can we at least wait until people start saying these things before we complain? I'm getting tired of seeing a bunch of comments complaining about other people supposedly making arguments of which I see no trace.

>>mikeas+f4
"Howdy, lefties? Still arguing for disarming the citizens and letting in imigrants without control?" -- a (translation of a) friend's post on Facebook I just saw.

Yes, they will make those comments. They always do, even if nothing is happening.

>>TeMPOr+ld
Yes, and they should be kept to Facebook and news article comment sections where they belong, not brought preemptively here.

>>mikeas+Ld
Fair enough.

But it doesn't change the fact that general population will say these things, and it's them, not HN crowd, that shapes policy. I am seriously, true to God, afraid of what's going to happen now - afraid of overreaction of people and governments.

>>TeMPOr+Sd
> But it doesn't change the fact that general population will say these things, and it's them, not HN crowd

What about thought leadership? I know its a cliche beaten to death perhaps, but still I think people are able to see a raised level of discourse, than theirs, while they may not always leave their hard positions and immediately agree.

But there's also this balancing act, that we need to do, of not wanting to get into an argument of certain kinds.