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diff --git a/content/entry/if-you-dont-like-it-then-just-leave.md b/content/entry/if-you-dont-like-it-then-just-leave.md index 9c3c295..73bd47b 100644 --- a/content/entry/if-you-dont-like-it-then-just-leave.md +++ b/content/entry/if-you-dont-like-it-then-just-leave.md @@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ title: "\"If You Don't Like It Then Just Leave\"" date: 2021-11-26T00:00:00 draft: false -makerefs: false --- # Being Told to Leave My Country I'm getting tired of all the people who tell me to leave my country if I don't like the way it is. I've lost count of the number of times I've been told to leave, but I've never heard it from the mouth of a thoughtful person. There's certain things thoughtful, intelligent people almost never say. "If you don't like it, just leave" is one of those things. @@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ For one, I don't own a private island. I'm not a citizen of any other country. I ## National NIMBYism Second, there's things I disagree with in every country. This is not to say all countries are equal. Saying that all countries are equal because they all have problems is idiotic. In countries more civilized than the United States, I might be generally quite satisfied with how things are going. But there is always progress to be made. -So being told to leave seems to amount to nationalistic NIMBYism.[1] I'm allowed to want things to be different, just not things within my own country. I can just as easily reverse the script and say "If you don't like me pointing out flaws in my country then why don't you leave?" and it would be equally ridiculous. There's no civilized country free from citizens' complaints either. +So being told to leave seems to amount to nationalistic [NIMBYism](https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIMBY). I'm allowed to want things to be different, just not things within my own country. I can just as easily reverse the script and say "If you don't like me pointing out flaws in my country then why don't you leave?" and it would be equally ridiculous. There's no civilized country free from citizens' complaints either. If dissent is such big problem, why do these people not take their own advice and "just move" someplace where open dissent isn't tolerated? Someplace like North Korea or China. Then they wouldn't have to listen to pesky activists trying to improve their country. @@ -40,7 +39,3 @@ Some of the people who tell me to leave level just as much criticism towards the I've probably given such a dumb phrase more rebuttal than it ever deserves. I'm not going to leave my country unless I decide that's what's best for me. I have just as much right to be here as other citizens. I'll never be convinced to leave by ignoramuses who get distressed when I don't agree with their blind jingoism. I think I've said everything that I can say about this. To wrap up, just know that if someone tells you that you should leave your country or that you don't belong, they're not worth your time. - - -Links: -[1: NIMBY](https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIMBY) |