01-08-2016, 07:07 PM
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I always seem to find myself on the same side as Maajid on these things.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/article...-assaults.html
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Yes, it is racist to suspect that all brown men who look like me are rapists. It is bigoted to presume that all Muslim men who share my faith advocate religiously justified rape. It is xenophobic to assume that all male refugees are sexual predators awaiting their chance to rape. But let me be absolutely clear: What will feed this racism, bigotry, and xenophobia even more is deliberately failing to report the facts as they stand. Doing so only encourages the populist right’s rallying cry against “the establishment.”
If liberals do not address such issues swiftly, with complete candor and courage, the far-right and anti-Muslim populist groups will get there first. They have been doing so for a while now.
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01-08-2016, 08:53 PM
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#82
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Good article. This is the heart of the matter:
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European progressive and feminist groups have toiled over centuries to educate us all that rape victims are not responsible for the actions of the rapist. Victim-blaming and demanding that women change their behavior are the worst ways to respond to rape culture. They only sexualize the victim more.
The fetishization of the female body has not led to a decrease in cases of sexual violence in societies where women cover their entire bodies. If Taliban- and ISIS-held areas are anything to go by, violence against women only increases the more women are asked to conceal and segregate themselves. This would make sense, because accompanying such attitudes is the notion that women are sexual objects to be owned and controlled, and not human beings to be respected and loved. What is infuriating is that for centuries progressives have made these very arguments against white Christian fundamentalists in the West, yet—displaying an incredible cognitive dissonance—those progressives easily abandon that position when confronted with the problem in a minority community.
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01-08-2016, 10:30 PM
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#83
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Wow, a Police Chief got in trouble? There might be a job opening for him in Rural Wisconsin.
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01-11-2016, 10:07 AM
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#84
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01-11-2016, 02:55 PM
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Terrible that the authorities are trying to sweep it under the carpet when it is a big problem. It will give the right wing militant groups justification in their own minds to go as they are today randomly beating anyone who looks like a migrant.
The perverts that committed this do so in other countries as well. My wife is a Catholic from Pakistan and has told me many stories about how the muslim men there will cover their women from head to toe at the beach and then go and sexually harass the catholic girls. Pieces of crap.
It's even worse if the men are not married.
Men should not be refugees unless they are with a family. If you are a single man in a war zone you need to either pick a side or die. Do something for your countries future instead of being a chicken #### and letting the mongrels take over.
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01-31-2016, 10:54 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Calgary
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Just for clarity purposes - her claim was above and beyond the events in Cologne. Yes, it did create additional mass outrage however.
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02-01-2016, 12:39 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: CGY
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Originally Posted by northcrunk
Men should not be refugees unless they are with a family. If you are a single man in a war zone you need to either pick a side or die. Do something for your countries future instead of being a chicken #### and letting the mongrels take over.
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02-01-2016, 09:20 AM
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My face is a bum!
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Originally Posted by northcrunk
Men should not be refugees unless they are with a family. If you are a single man in a war zone you need to either pick a side or die. Do something for your countries future instead of being a chicken #### and letting the mongrels take over.
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What if you grow up in a crap country you have no love for, and one side is a ruthless dictator, and the other side is a bunch of terrorists?
WTT: House in Syria for plane ticket to Germany
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02-01-2016, 10:01 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Vancouver
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Originally Posted by Bill Bumface
What if you grow up in a crap country you have no love for, and one side is a ruthless dictator, and the other side is a bunch of terrorists?
WTT: House in Syria for plane ticket to Germany
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This was the story in much of Europe during WW2. If you weren't on the side of the fascists, theynyou were on the side of the communists. It seems like the case in Syria right now. Are there any moderate factions to join? I bet they all have their fair share of baggage.
Plus, look at any conflict in the world where civilians are forced to become soldiers. The outcome is seldom pretty and is usually just filled with retribution.
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02-01-2016, 11:11 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: In a land without pants, or war, or want. But mostly we care about the pants.
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Originally Posted by northcrunk
Men should not be refugees unless they are with a family. If you are a single man in a war zone you need to either pick a side or die. Do something for your countries future instead of being a chicken #### and letting the mongrels take over.
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If none of the men "picked a side" then the war couldn't go on.
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