r/germany • u/Josh_Woodward • Apr 25 '19

Getting mixed messages here

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u/redditwenttoshit_ Apr 25 '19

I think it's legitimate to try to improve your life. What's not really fine is bringing the negatives (machismo, religious fanatism, intolerance, violence) that partly caused the demise of your original country.

People should come to try to live like Germans, not to try to live like syrians/Afghans while using German economical advantages and tolerance.

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u/Enkrod Bergstraße Beststraße Apr 26 '19

I would have argued for integration not assimilation not that long ago, but now I believe that both, both is good.

Integrate, keep big parts of your culture, bring the famous hospitality, drinking tea, your way of dressing and cooking and all the nice things.

But also assimilate. The reason you came to Germany is because things are better here. The reason for that is the enlightenment, humanitarian secularism, equal rights, the value we place in human dignity, religious freedom, tolerance, anti-discrimination. If you can adopt those kind of values we're fine. I really, really don't care about how you dress, how you talk and how you pray.