Monday, June 2, 2008

Cultural Exchange

My sister wrote a very long blog post the other day.

I have my own two cents to throw in:

If you're against cultural exchange, and react to it in the same way that the people my sister is complaining about do, you're basically a Nazi.

Suggesting that something from another culture should be ignored/kept away simply because it is from another culture (which seems to ultimately be the crux of a lot of these reactions, even though those who have them would deny it) is a form of xenophobia, the central feature of fascism, of which Nazism is the best known example.

You can disagree with me if you want-after all, this is my opinion. But it's still an unpleasant, hateful, and at worst evil mindset.

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