Why do Americans and Europeans have the right to be bigoted about immigrants ?

renamed

immigrants nowadays don't want to acclimate to the culture of the country they want to reside. they want to come over here and make it a smaller version of their own country. that's not practical and it surely is not fair to all of those other people who have acclimated to the country's language and customs.

old know all

Americans and (most) Europeans live in a free society and they have the right to think what they like. Some like to think that the world is flat or that they have been abducted by silver men from outer space. Some like to think that because their ancestors invaded their country a few generations ago, they have a superior claim to those who want to come and live there now. And some like to think that you can elect a brain dead cretin as president and not become the most hated nation on earth. That's the beauty of a free country, you can think what you like.

carolyn

Should anyone have the right to be bigoted?

ThorGirl

please go to this site to see how the very chirstian Mexicans view immigration to Mexico.

http://web.mac.com/paulaf/iWeb/627BB524-2B4D-43C7-A980-3717357AE704/Blog%202/75A1ADEC-F3FE-48C2-A84D-0B522DC24738.html

Afallon

Immigrants are not that bad, it's the ILLEGAL ones that are the problem and cause resentment towards legal immigrants too.They only come to this country for housing and handouts.Don't they realise that there is only a finite amount of space, housing and money.The poor of this country lose out because the illegals steal it...(it is theft, they are not entitled).Have you noticed how they cross many 'safe' countries before arriving in Britain...it's no coincidence that those 'safe' countries aren't a soft a touch as us.

NONAME

We're not denying anyone the right to come here. We're simply asking them to do so legally.

plezurgui

Freedom means exactly that. A person has the freedom to be bigoted, stupid, smart, ignorant, nice, or naughty.
Free people also have the right to twist the truth and tell lies, something like you did when you asked this question.

american_wardog

we have a legal and orderly way for immigrants to enter,We have a right as a country to have secure borders

Don't worry everything will come full circle. The people that are "cheap labor" now will be the only ones working since they are taking our jobs. Leaving us with less of a chance to provide for OUR children and future generations. Don't you think that as some of the poorer nations grow and prosper that they are going to do the same kinds of tactics to get ahead?

It's a pretty vicious world out there. You gotta do what you gotta do to survive.

Don S

Because it has reached a saturation point in many places. That CA for instance. The standard of living goes down as millions of Mexico's poor flood across our borders. Not since the turn of the last century when we saw 50 Irishmen living under the porch of some New York slum has it been so bad. Landlords are having a terrible time when they discover that the Mexican family they've rented to has a dozen people crammed into his one bedroom flat. The FIRST questions on my rental application are "Driver's License Number" and "Social Security Number". Also, the questionnaire is in college level ENGLISH. Rules are no roommates and no overnight guests more than 72 hours without written permission. Anything over that costs them $50 a day per person.

Michael N

How about this!!! The town I live inis becoming wall to wall aliens..... I have children and grand children that were born here. I would like to see them get the fruits of my labor. Not someone who comes here and doesn't abide by the laws and rules but tries to change them and when they get caught plays dumb.... Live in this situation for awhile and i bet U would change your tune.

Adze

Bigots maybe but we do not kidnap and murder
people just because they want a ransom or to send
out messages of bigoted religious beliefs.

Chris F

Yeah lets just let them all in...
bleeding heart liberals, don't you just love them.

Ted T

Western countries want to create a world in which their multi national companies can spread and plunder just like like the East India Company and others did in the past. They used slavery to create vast wealth, while causing untold misery and suffering and they sent out missionaries to brainwash people who already had their own beliefs, to civilise them.
Through all of that they showed these people that there is a chance to rise above their parlous situation by joining the ones who have it all but then we accuse them of working the system.
We created this situation and we have the means to correct it but we won't because it is so much easier to go on accumulating wealth at the expense of others.I think for some it gives them a great feeling of satisfaction to be obscenely wealthy and to be able to look down on others wallowing in poverty.

Dreaming Free

You can't call wanting your laws enforced bigoted. We Americans do have rights as Americans.

eastern_eu

It shows how are we still close to animals. The herd of wolves will also bite to death the stranger...

Anne

failure resents success

Robert M

You lost me as soon as you said BIGOT.

These people come into this country and use our services with NO intention of paying for them. Then they had the gall to protest America with their flags. SCREW THEM what ever chance they had with us is gone. If I was to go to Mexico as an Illegal do you know how I would be treated???? Like crap.

Send them all back babies and all. They walked in they can walk back out.

And if you want to call me a raciest or bigot, I wear that with pride.

rebel

we get called bigoted and racist for voicing an opinion and being honest,are you saying being an illegal is ok with god,how about stealing and murder too,laws are laws.

skip

I'm an immigrant and i have yet to come across an American who is bigoted towards me. It does help to have a legally-acquired Green Card and to seek to assimilate though.

As for slavery, what about the African tribes who captured their fellow bvlacks and sold them to the slave traders?

Natural resources? Almost everyone plunders, be honest.

Cheap labor? The Chinese elite have cottoned on pretty fast, haven't they? They're the ones doing the exploiting, without any controls either.

The USA was built on trade. Europe has opened overseas trade routes for centuries. That is what makes Europe and the USA so powerful. That and entrepreneurial spirit (you know, not expecting someone else to provide for them).

Finally, as has already been observed, we owe no-one anything. If we choose to help a country it is because, as civilized peoples, we choose to do so. Any country is free to try an emulate the USA and Europe. It just needs to get off its backside and work hard for a couple of centuries.

Constance

Why should today's generation be held accountable for something that happened hundreds of years ago?
If you are correct, i want compensation from the Italians, cos some of their countryman's ancestors (the Romans) invaded my country. They must have caused untold suffering to my own ancestors.
We must live in Today, and what is relevant now.
Consider the problems in Israel/Palestine, that is based on stuff from the Bible. The Past!!!!!

kumala

i would help anyone but NOT at the expense of my kids,family,etc, unfortunately as an individual i find it wrong that we cant provide good hospital care,housing etc for the people born in this country

danor

immigration to the UK is OK in the right proportion but as it stands now we are being swamped, can anyone tell me what happens when the UK will be primarily ethnic majorities

jackie m

we should follow Germany's rules - they don't allow them in to their country.

Razor Jim

Why do some people think that breaking the law can be excused because someone was just feeding their family?
If I go rob a bank today and then buy some food, can I get a pass?
Countries have laws for a reason, to prevent exactly what has happened due to the flooding of borders by illegals.
Mexico is under developed for one reason...government corruption and a citizen base not strong enough to challenge them.

Calliope

No one has the right to be bigoted.

That being said, a country, such as USA or UK does have the right to want to retain their culture, keep their jobs, and keep the crime rate as low as possible.

When ILLEGAL immigrants move into a country by the millions, and refuse to respect that country's laws, language, culture, people, or government, people get angry, and rightfully so.

I have nothing against hard working immigrants that come to US or UK to attain a dream of good jobs, medical care, etc. The problem is, that they come to these countries to EXPLOIT them, not to embrace them.

It is it bigoted then, to deport an intruder who refuses to respect, and live peacefully in a given country?

The Desertflyer

The superior will always lead and rise to the top.

The west owes the rest nothing, the only regret is that they didnt shut them all up permanently years back then we wouldnt have the problems we have now and people like you going on about how unfair it all is.

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