Commenters mock the anti-transplant argument as disguised nativism
2 Sep 21 10:34 AM · 2d ago · 4 comments · 1 source · development 2 of 6
Multiple replies characterize the original take as functionally anti-immigrant rhetoric dressed in progressive language, with sarcastic comparisons to right-wing talking points.
““Immigrants don’t contribute anything and they’re only interested changing our culture” but leftistly”
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New York City is a relatively safe place for Black people and Brown people and Asians and immigrants and gay people and trans people and people escaping abuse and people fleeing political persecution. We should keep it that way by building more places to live so we can have 20 million New Yorkers
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“Immigrants don’t contribute anything and they’re only interested changing our culture” but leftistly
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The city, like nearly all cities, would be dead if it were not for people moving to it from somewhere else.
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An immigrant is not a transplant; a transplant is not an immigrant.
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