I guess I should say Thank You for your response (although I find it repugnant). I think you have answered in sufficient manner to explain your xenophobia.
Yes, there are many people in lots of countries who lament the changing of their culture. I think it affects especially the older citizens who are mentally less well equipped to adjust to change, and this is understandable if you've ever dealt with the age-induced senile population. We humans operate so much on subconscious and habit, like pre-programmed patterns. "Change" disrupts all that and the thinking brain does not re-compute well.
But I digress.
And if I were to digress more, I would point out that this resistance to change which you express can be seen not only in a rejection of immigrants (as you display) but a rejection of technology (the Amish), a rejection of development (slow-growth housing laws, building-height limits), etc.
I think for you I would simply say you raise a question about what is appropriate to expect about how the world is going evolve over time.
Certainty not much is the same today from the world our great grandparents knew. I knew two great grandmothers, born in the 1800's. Did you know any of yours? What do you think they would think about planet earth today?
Will you have any great grandchildren? What do you think their vision of the world will be?
I studied International Relations in college, learned parts of all of 3 languages, travelled to 20+ countries, because when I was 13 my mom married a man whose business career took him around the world securing oil rights contracts. He was incredibly affable and intelligent to learn languages and make cultural inroads with foreigners.
He often lived out of a suitcase and said he never got homesick because he decided in the 1950's that "planet earth is my home".
I think that's a very different mindset than what you have.
One mindset sees all of humanity as one's brothers and sisters. WE arrive at a destination on OUR planet together.
The other mindset, which I presume is yours, or the Amish's, or … pick your closed-minded "here, now" group … is self absorbed into their own little world that exists in their mind as they knew it during their formative years.
My question for those in that category is, what becomes of your world after you die? Does it matter to you? Do you wish to lock things down as the Amish have sought to do?
Another question for you is… do you have consideration for others' life experience on earth during their time? Like, if someone is in a ****ty situation in some other country, and they can improve their lot by migrating, what do you think about that?
The world is a complex place, full of challenges everywhere. I grant you your xenophobia. I just happen to disagree with it.
And I dare say, I don't think your attribution of rape statistics being attributed solely to immigration is at all accurate.
Farcical argument! Fear-based mongering.
