I see your point but this is just semantics. You say we shouldn't fight hate speech with hate speech and I agree. But I think we should call things as they are. People denying other people the right to escape from distructive circumstances are not good people and I will call it as such. I have lived and seen how people in Africa, Middle East and Asia are being denied the right to move around the world or worst, to seek for their children a better life than the one they have been born in. The empires, the "civilized" countries think they are entitled to occupy territories, exploit their resources, make political agreements with their leaders and not grant them visas. Politicians made life not fair for these people with their engagement in territorial conflicts and people living in confort zones get informed from tv about them which accentuates discrimination and the sense on insecurity. My point is we have gone to far with focusing so much on words that we no longer see the facts. Some people should ripe what they saw✌️💕  

 No, dear Vera. 

1) It's not just semantics
2) opposing immigration is definitely not "hate speech"
3) Opposing immigration is not denying other people their undeniable right to escape their bad life circumstances.
4) Opposing immigration is not being a bad person. 

These mis-characterisations are not helpful. 

 

 Ok 👌