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Originally Posted by samcol
Playing the xenophobia card on these forums is getting so bad I think we need another Godwin's Law.
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The thing is, screaming 'Godwin' doesn't always negate the argument being made. Sometimes, something is comparable to the Nazi war of aggression leading up to and being WWII. The only problem is that people are afraid it might be overused and it will lose some of it's shock value.
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xen·o·pho·bi·a
–noun
an unreasonable fear or hatred of foreigners or strangers or of that which is foreign or strange.
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If used correctly, and if it can be defended from a semantic standpoint, the word must stand.
Edit: for example:
Statistically speaking, Mexican immigrant workers are less likely to commit crimes than American citizens, therefore those that say Mexican immigrants are coming into the US and committing crimes (other than the act of illegally immigrating) could be xenophobic.