Fighting age (migrants)

Fighting age men or "men of fighting age" is a politically charged rhetorical term of the 2010s used to criticize the male immigration surplus into Western lands, as seen, for example, during the European migrant crisis. This criticism is not made for demographic but for geopolitical reasons.

These men are compared with vanguard "soldiers" said to perpetrate an alleged process of partial population replacement. Some opponents of this shift may even call it white genocide.

Meaning

The term came into use after it was noticed that the majority of refugees and economic migrants seeking asylum in Western Europe and the USA in the 2010s in the wake of the Arab Spring were relatively young men and boys, who happened to be of prime age for induction in the military. If they all remain, Europe will have a similar surplus of men over childbearing-age women as China or India.

It is argued that, since many refugees are fleeing Muslim countries where polygyny is practiced, one of their motives may be to find marriage partners in the West. Once established, they will then allegedly strive to make their new homelands more like their countries of origin, by changing the culture and encouraging fellow immigrants to arrive. They are also alleged to practice various forms of violence, including sometimes sexual assault. This is said to be an attempt to establish cultural dominance.

Usage

Criticizing the male-heavy skew among the migrants is considered racist, since it implies criticism of the genetic contribution these non-white men may make to the existing Western gene pool. Such speech may even lead to criminal prosecution in Europe.

Users of the term tend to oppose all non-white immigration, not just of "fighting age" men. They focus on the men because neutral observers are less likely to sympathize with men than with vulnerable women and children. However, some immigration opponents have indicated they would be less likely to oppose immigration of young women. They also say that Third World immigration into the West is mostly supported by white women because it will improve their romantic options.

Example

A notorious example is Simon Mol, an HIV-positive African man who moved to Poland. While in Poland, he became a militant left-wing extremist, accusing Polish society of widespread anti-black racism, for which it needed to be penalized. Mol had sexual intercourse with over 300 Polish women while hiding his HIV status. He infected over 40 Polish women with the AIDS virus, before he himself died of the disease in 2008. Evidence emerged that his goal was to infect as many white women as possible, in order to weaken the white race. Initially, the Polish police did not prosecute Mol, mostly due to powerful socialist political and cultural support for his cause. When overwhelming evidence emerged of his culpability, limited prosecution efforts were made. In the decade since then, his case was barely reported (or actively covered up) by the mainstream media, in an example of race censorship. UN organizations and left-wing activists successfully opposed most stricter controls on migrants that were proposed by nationalist politicians in response to this case.

Allegations of links to terrorist groups

Many of these fighting age migrants are argued to allegedly be linked to terrorist organizations, such as Islamic State and the Taliban. However, these claims are often disputed, with pro-immigration activists accusing these critics of Islamophobia in an argued attempt to silence their opposition.