Comments by "XSportSeeker" (@XSpImmaLion) on "Is the Russian Minority in the EU Being Persecuted?" video.

  1. I wouldn't dare running through the minefield of arguments on this topic even more because I know very little about it and I don't live anywhere close to this problem... but perhaps let's get back to basics. Discrimination, persecution and prejudice based on place of origin is just something people should get over with proper education. Humanity has a long way to go in those terms, but I don't think this is justifiable, with war or without. Violence against minorities is always unjustifiable. Radical ideology and politics, then yes... but you can't really prejudge people on this, based on something as lose as place of origin. Broad generalizations never help anything. For a situation such as current Russia it's even worse, because most of the Russians fleeing Russia now are likely fleeing Putin's regime, which people should know is persecuting it's own people and using them as cannon fodder. Now, as for baseline demands to reach certain status, if it makes logical sense, I just can't disagree with. For instance, you are coming from a different country to mine to live for an indefinite amount of time. I consider it pretty reasonable for a nation, whichever it is, to demand a basic level of understanding of the language in order to grant voting rights, and perhaps some other stuff. Hard to pinpoint what level of understanding about the language, culture and other factors that one would need for voting rights and whatnot... that will be on the government's hands, but at least a basic understanding is needed, as it is for the country's own native population. Usually the baseline is adulthood that comes with basic understanding of language, a certain level of maturity, and a certain amount of time that you have lived in the nation, right? So I guess the range of acceptance for voting rights goes along basic understanding of language, to a set period of time living inside the country. Here you get the separation between basic human rights, which everyone should have, and basic abilities to understand cultural, politics, economics and other stuff inside a nation. So, if my country is accepting someone from another country to get in and live here, basic human rights should be guaranteed in the same measure it is guaranteed to native citizens. Access to healthcare, education, a place to live, dignity, etc. But then I can see how if someone can't even understand local news, this person also shouldn't be allowed to vote. Because that's about the same as granting voting rights to a child, or to an actual foreigner not living in the state. Temporary workers, visitors and whatnot also shouldn't have it... it's about a fairness with all other voters that there must at least be some interest shown from the part of the person on representation in the nation he or she considers their own now. This comes down to fairness to a nation's own citizens, culture, identity and rights. Self-governance would be another way to put it. Say in some extreme scenario you have a nation that ends up with more foreigners than native citizens. I think it is right for the nation to protect it's own identity, via politics, laws and whatnot - not by violence. Of course, foreigners' cultures will end up influencing the region overtime. I think the danger that is underlined here is that there are always chances of people coming in droves to another nation refusing to change, refusing to accept the culture and language of the country that is hosting them, even with malignant ideas to take the territory for themselves. That's just unacceptable, and it should be considered a foreign nation attack on your territory, particularly if it is a neighboring one. There is real importance when it comes to a nation's sovereignty. I mean, it's the whole reason why when USSR was dissolved it separated into several different nations in the first place. Anyways, very complex topic indeed.
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