>We have to confront reality: if you weren’t born here, aren’t white, in these election results we once again have confirmation that millions of your neighbours hate you & will prioritise hurting you over their own livelihoods. They will vote away their own rights, even their own [life expectancy and ability to die with dignity](https://www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-get-off-the-defensive-about-immigration/), for the fantasy of a racially pure homeland. ”
Not wrong.
Finally:
>”It is not respecting a person to pretend to agree with them when they spout the most insane, incoherent, and untrue nonsense. In a society of equals it is in fact a sign that I *don’t* respect them. That I think they are beyond reason or rational conversation. Reform’s voters are not just destroying the country for the rest of us, they are destroying it for *themselves*. We are all poorer, more divided, and literally sicker because of them. Their values are heinous and their project is delusional.
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Submission statement: Author suggests going on the offensive against Reform voters.
Also:
>”We should also note that the relationship between far-right support and economics [is not straightforward](https://www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-get-off-the-defensive-about-immigration/): more of the lowest earning Brits [voted Green or Lib Dem](https://yougov.com/en-gb/articles/49978-how-britain-voted-in-the-2024-general-election?ref=liberalcurrents.com) in the last general election than Reform. Anti-immigrant fears *can* be held by working class people, but they’re just as often a [luxury belief](https://www.liberalcurrents.com/a-disease-of-affluence/) of comfortable-to-affluent pensioners who can vote their distaste for pluralism without worrying about the economic harm it causes the rest of us. ”
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Plus:
>”Reform is, in fact, a fascist party. They are directly tied to, and in step with, the Trump administration. Their [stated plans](https://www.hauntologies.net/p/inside-reforms-plans-for-a-fascist?ref=liberalcurrents.com)are to remove all checks and balances, create a British version of ICE, build concentration camps, and deport people at [almost twice the rate](https://bsky.app/profile/polphilpod.bsky.social/post/3mfjhehpr6k2z?ref=liberalcurrents.com) (proportionally) of Stephen Miller’s (insane and unrealised) daily goals.
>We have to confront reality: if you weren’t born here, aren’t white, in these election results we once again have confirmation that millions of your neighbours hate you & will prioritise hurting you over their own livelihoods. They will vote away their own rights, even their own [life expectancy and ability to die with dignity](https://www.liberalcurrents.com/we-need-to-get-off-the-defensive-about-immigration/), for the fantasy of a racially pure homeland. ”
Not wrong.
Finally:
>”It is not respecting a person to pretend to agree with them when they spout the most insane, incoherent, and untrue nonsense. In a society of equals it is in fact a sign that I *don’t* respect them. That I think they are beyond reason or rational conversation. Reform’s voters are not just destroying the country for the rest of us, they are destroying it for *themselves*. We are all poorer, more divided, and literally sicker because of them. Their values are heinous and their project is delusional.
>And we should tell them that. “