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[OngBonga]

I guess part of my motivation for bringing this up was to demonstrate that we support racists. Poop said to me in the other thread that he thinks I am defending a racist by arguing this old lady might not have been in the wrong. Well when we defend a nation that incorporates Nazi groups into their military, and appoints Nazis as police chiefs, we're defending racists. Not "oops I said something stupid" racists, hardcore racists that glorify the worst genocide in human history.

[oskar]

I guess part of my motivation for bringing this up was to demonstrate that we support racists. Poop said to me in the other thread that he thinks I am defending a racist by arguing this old lady might not have been in the wrong. Well when we defend a nation that incorporates Nazi groups into their military, and appoints Nazis as police chiefs, we're defending racists. Not "oops I said something stupid" racists, hardcore racists that glorify the worst genocide in human history.

Well yes, I support racists, but I don't support them because they are racists. That's why I don't think it's hypocritical. Now I don't think a majority of Ukrainians are nazis, or even a majority of their government forces, but it's a landlocked european, barely diverse country. Not the place I expect to find a tolerant, cosmopolitan population.
There's definitely racism involved in the enthusiastic support by other majority white nations to take in Ukrainian refugees and offer aid. So there's hypocrisy there. We did not see the same level of support for refugees from Syria or Sudan.

[OngBonga]

There are a few reasons why people felt that we should accept large numbers of Hong Kong refugees...

1. They were British citizens until 1997,
2. They provide huge potential economic value,
3. They come from a very civilised and advanced society,
4. They are not religious nutters who treat women and gays as inferiors.

There is both a moral obligation and a socioeconomic incentive. Most people don't care about skin colour. They care about economics and social cohesion.