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Comment author: LessWrong 09 January 2016 08:00:34PM 0 points [-]

It's an rather popular opinion in certain spheres of the internet (not sure how it carries itself into the real world).

Intuitively one could categorize it as Xenophobia, but it would like to see both sides of issue. OP, what is your reasons for believing such?

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 09 January 2016 08:06:22PM -1 points [-]

I don't know whether you are talking about "I should submit to islam" or "the Elites think I should submit to Islam".

Comment author: Val 09 January 2016 09:22:23PM 0 points [-]

I agree that my choice of words was poor. Please understand it as "submit to their cultural norms".

Comment author: TheAncientGeek 09 January 2016 09:35:39PM 1 point [-]

That's not a lot better, because of the lack of evidence that this isn't a multi-way process.

Comment author: LessWrong 09 January 2016 08:11:24PM 0 points [-]

The question was pointed at OP specifically, but the quote mentions "left-leaning political elite', so it's the latter.

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