There's been condemnations (and an egging) of an Australian senator who after the #NZMosqueShooting tweeted "Does anyone still dispute the link between muslim immigration and violence?" He's echoing a logic that comes from more than the far right theguardian.com/world/2019/mar…
In an interview with @guardian last November Hillary Clinton blamed the rise of right wing populism in Europe on lax immigration policy, saying, “I think Europe needs to get a handle on migration because that is what lit the flame” #NZMosqueShooting theguardian.com/world/2018/nov…
Last week @TheAtlantic published an op ed by David Frum saying almost the exact same thing. This victim blaming rhetoric conveniently avoids the question of WHY people leave their home nations, and focuses on white nationalist responses to their arrival theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
The rise of "ban immigrants to avoid violence" logic from across the political spectrum is meant to push all stances further to the right. It evades accountability for why people emigrate (war, famine, climate change, military coups staged by the US/Europe)... #NZMosqueShooting
...blaming immigrants for the violence they're fleeing and the violence they're met with when they arrive in new nations. THIS rhetoric is what lights the flame. THIS rhetoric encourages, enables, and is itself white supremacy. We have to call it out every time. #NZMosqueShooting
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