@andrewstroehlein both are very real issues and you’re only creating political extremism by disregarding one or the other

@thetemerian @andrewstroehlein I always want to ask people who talk about mass immigration as one of the most important problems we face what it would take, do you think, to get you to abandon your home and drag your whole family across hostile territory on foot. What would it take to make your street leave? Your village/town? Maybe we would be better trying to tackle the root cause?

@ravenbait @thetemerian @andrewstroehlein You are somewhat exaggerating.
Not all of these millions of (non-European) immigrants arrived here on foot.
There are areas in Brussels, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Frankfurt and Paris that I would not dare venture into.
Swedish prime minister admitted they no longer had any control over gang violence in their cities.
Is this normal?
Is this the Europe you want to build?
Respectfully, I don’t.

@bearslayer @thetemerian @andrewstroehlein Politicians in the UK regularly claim things about immigrants that are designed to stoke fear and resentment rather than tackle the root cause. I presume Sweden is the same. The court cases here often seem to be native English people trafficking and exploiting poor people for profit. Perhaps this is a crime problem rather than a non-European problem? Or is your position that Europeans would never form gangs? If so, London has history for you.

@bearslayer @thetemerian @andrewstroehlein I pay as much attention to the Express as I do to the Sun or the Daily Mail. Show me a sociological study or crime statistics,, and, again, even if this is the case currently, it doesn't mean Europeans would be less likely to form gangs if they were put in similar situations. People are not born with an innate tendency to form evil gangs with all else being equal.

@ravenbait @thetemerian @andrewstroehlein I agree that this is not a very trustworthy / respectable source, but what other alternative sources would you recommend?