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Italian Minister sparks row with "ethnic replacement" warning

9-10ths_Penguin

1/10 Subway Stalinist
Premium Member
In my country citizenship depends on the ethnic identity.
Since it's based upon jus sanguinis.
In other words, if in Canada there are Italo-Canadians, they can move here and they will get the citizenship after 5 seconds, with a DNA test.

My quick googling suggests that this isn't how Italian jus sanguinis citizenship works, but aside from that, Italy allows normal immigration and for people of different ethnicities to have children together.
 

ImmortalFlame

Woke gremlin
What's wrong with that?
What's wrong with implying that migrants are engaging in "ethnic replacement" because Italians don't have as many children?

It suggests it's a bad thing. i.e: that only ethnic Italians are "real" Italians, and that the ethnography of the country is somehow innately a good thing. It also feeds in to the explicitly racist and fascist conspiracy theory of the Great Replacement:
 

Estro Felino

Believer in free will
Premium Member
My quick googling suggests that this isn't how Italian jus sanguinis citizenship works, but aside from that, Italy allows normal immigration and for people of different ethnicities to have children together.
We don't have the jus soli.
Of course migrants can become citizens. It already happens.
 

Estro Felino

Believer in free will
Premium Member
What's wrong with implying that migrants are engaging in "ethnic replacement" because Italians don't have as many children?

It suggests it's a bad thing. i.e: that only ethnic Italians are "real" Italians, and that the ethnography of the country is somehow innately a good thing. It also feeds in to the explicitly racist and fascist conspiracy theory of the Great Replacement:

For instance, if a British minister had said that, what would have happen?
 

Estro Felino

Believer in free will
Premium Member
They would be called a racist.

What does that have to do with what I wrote?

It has to do with that. I think Britain voted for Brexit because the EU is becoming a very bad place...with all those fascists.
I mean just think of Hungarians, Polish, Romanians, Slovaks, Slovenians.
 

ImmortalFlame

Woke gremlin
It has to do with that. I think Britain voted for Brexit because the EU is becoming a very bad place...with all those fascists.
Not really. It's because the UK contains a lot of racists, and a lot of people who were explicitly mislead by a dishonest Leave campaign.

This still has nothing to do with the topic of this thread.

I mean just think of Hungarians, Polish, Romanians, Slovaks, Slovenians.
I don't care. This has no relation to the topic of discussion, which is why what this minister said was bad and is deserving of condemnation.
 

Estro Felino

Believer in free will
Premium Member
Not really. It's because the UK contains a lot of racists, and a lot of people who were explicitly mislead by a dishonest Leave campaign.

This still has nothing to do with the topic of this thread.


I don't care. This has no relation to the topic of discussion, which is why what this minister said was bad and is deserving of condemnation.

I have listened to the minister's speech. He basically said: "we should boost Italy's birth rate, by telling Italians to have children, instead of importing migrants".
Also because it's logic, since these migrants won't solve the low birth issue.
And then he added: "we cannot surrender to the idea of the ethnic replacement".
 

Audie

Veteran Member
I’m sorry @Audie, if you wish to defend fascist propaganda and the spreading of harmful conspiracy, then you shall most certainly not have silence coming from me.
I'm not familiar with Swedish politics.
I've noticed Americans toss the word
" fascist" about with gay abandon.

Perhaps you could say what is fascist
in this case, so I can see the thought behind
the name calling.

And in general I'd say it's best not to assume
others' motives.
 

Audie

Veteran Member
It depends on what one means by ethno-state.
As in all countries, there are migrants who come from all continents and they become European citizens.
Nothing wrong with that.
But the ethnic identity of a country remains.
Do you see any value in having countries
with distinct cultures?
 

Audie

Veteran Member
I have listened to the minister's speech. He basically said: "we should boost Italy's birth rate, by telling Italians to have children, instead of importing migrants".
Also because it's logic, since these migrants won't solve the low birth issue.
And then he added: "we cannot surrender to the idea of the ethnic replacement".
If some " ethnicity" (Whatever exactry that is)
wants to commit suicide, or maintain itself
either one that is their business, is it not?
 

Hermit Philosopher

Selflessly here for you
For instance, if a British minister had said that, what would have happen?
Do not get me started on them!

Lots of our ministers say lots of abhorrent things all the time.

Sometimes, they are forced to step down but, lamentably, only to be replaced by someone else with pretty much the same standpoints.

They’ve outsourced our asylum policy which frankly, is disgusting, but the worst is their rhetoric and the effect it has on how our citizens view each other.

It suits them really; the government: that their people should be occupied monitoring and reporting on each other, as opposed to keeping a closer eye on the insanities in government itself.

Perhaps anarchy is soon our only chance.
 

Stevicus

Veteran Member
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