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Trying to follow /r/centrist, but want to keep it more calm and relaxed, less aggressive conflict.

Will leave it casual, be excellent to each other, we all disagree but most of us probably want the best outcome.

If specific issues get out of hand we might get sticky posts or something similar, but just try not to go down that road.

A zealot is someone who won't change his mind and can't change the subject. There are a lot of really important issues to discuss, please don't try to coerce others into addressing your position. We don't have to have the answers for every question, sometimes we just don't know the right answer yet, sometimes we don't know the right question.

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Collapse of Dutch Government Highlights Europe’s New Migration Politics (www.nytimes.com)

submitted 1 year ago by InverseParallax to c/centrist

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Immigration remains the divisive issue in Europe, taking down the Dutch government for the third time in 6 years.

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[–] md5crypto -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's highly entertaining to watch the EU fracture over the migrant crisis.

[–] InverseParallax 2 points 1 year ago

While immigration is an issue that deserves debate I would argue it's definitely not the biggest issue given there's a literal war with Russia a few borders over right now.

Immigration seems to be the European version of abortion, a great way to get everyone riled up and distracted from other issues.

There are definite concerns with immigration to Europe right now, but none of those are being addressed as much as it's being used as a rallying cry, similar to brexit.