Italy’s far-right prime minister has said she will not allow the country to become “Europe’s refugee camp”, after thousands of people seeking refuge landed on its shores, prompting France to tighten controls at its border with Italy.

Giorgia Meloni told the UN general assembly in New York that the huge numbers arriving in Lampedusa, a tiny Sicilian island that for years has been the first port of call for people crossing a perilous stretch of the Mediterranean Sea from north Africa, had placed Italy “under incredible pressure”.

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    That’s okay. Rational people will just have to take what you say with a grain of salt because you prefer to argue with emotion over reason.

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      Lmao, what a fantasy. How do you think your ‘rational’ people would respond if you’d defend the Holocaust and Hitlers actions?

      Calm, collected, and respectful, of course, the way you’d prefer it, no doubt. You’re barking up the wrong tree here, buddy.

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        Yeah, they would.

        As soon as you let emotion dictate your argument, you lose all credibility to rational people. You’re not thinking clearly and won’t make rational decisions because you can’t control your emotions.

        You’re barking up the wrong tree here, buddy.

        I’m not here to please you. Lol.

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          It’s an expression.

          But well, it’s good to know that you have such an understanding attitude to nazis, but don’t think you’re talking for ‘rational people’ when you think politics and emotions are completely detached. It just means you don’t understand the fundamentals of politics.

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            You’re right. Arguing emotion over reason is definitely a rational thing to do and people should take you seriously for doing it.

            My bad.

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              Yes exactly, I’m right, at least you got that much. Politics isn’t perfectly rational, humans aren’t perfectly rational. Emotions are a part of politics, since politics deal with human society and humans are emotional. Sometimes emotions triumph over reason.

              The most surface level observation of politics would reveal that…

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                I’m sorry you feel that way and justified in choosing emotion over reason.

                I guess that’s why you’re not a very rational person and shouldn’t be taken seriously by rational people.

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                  Of course I’m emotional sometimes, I’m a human not a fucking robot. You have the mind of a child or simply deeply autistic.

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                    Yeah, but rational people won’t let their emotions guide their arguments, or at least acknowledge it as such and pivot towards more reasonable approaches.

                    The fact you can’t control your emotions is a testament to why you’re irrational and should not be taken seriously by rational people.

                    Sorry this needs to be spelled out for you.